The Rag and Bone Girl

Informationen zum Autor Maggie Ford was born in the East End of London but at the age of six she moved to Essex, where she lived for the rest of her life. After the death of her first husband, when Maggie was only twenty-six, she went to work as a legal secretary until she remarried in 1968. She wrote short stories from the early 1970s up to her death at the age of 92. Klappentext An East End family saga, in which Nora must keep her family together through one world war and then another. Zusammenfassung What will she sacrifice for love? Growing up in London’s East End with six siblings, Nora Taylor has always been close to her younger sister Maggie. But when she meets Maggie’s fiancé Robert, they are immediately drawn to each other. Forced to choose between her family and her heart, Nora decides to marry the man she loves – even if it means losing her sister. When the First World War breaks out, Nora must fight to hold her family together through the challenges and tragedies to come. As her children grow up they embark on their own adventures, but another war will threaten all their hopes for the future. Can this broken family survive the dark days of wartime? A sweeping saga charting one family’s fortunes through the First and Second World War and beyond, perfect for fans of Maggie Hope and Dilly Court.

Product details

• Authors: Maggie Ford, Ford Maggie
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781529105575
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-0557-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Historical / World War II, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Historical / World War I, Family life fiction, First World War fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships