A Daughter's Hope

A gripping new emotional saga from the author of A Sister''s Dream . 1950: Seventeen-year-old Josephine Cliffe and her younger sister, Eliza, have the perfect lives, wanting for nothing in the huge house they live in with their parents in Sydney, Australia. But when her father''s mining company falls apart, the family are left with nothing. They have no choice but to return to Durham, England, to live with their harsh, mean-spirited grandmother. Life in England isn''t what Jo expects, and as bad luck continues to follow the Cliffe family, she''ll need to rely on the local community if her family are to survive. But will Jo be able to find a new beginning in Durham? Or will she find a way to return to Australia for good?

About the author

Elizabeth Gill was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and as a child lived in Tow Law in County Durham where her family owned a steelworks. She has spent all her life in Durham but recently moved to North West Wales to be near her family. She can see the sea from her windows and spends a lot of time eating seafood, drinking orange wine and walking the family dogs on the beautiful beaches.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Gill
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.01.2026
• EAN: 9781529447439
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-4743-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Sagas, Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Sagas, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, North & North East England, North and North East England, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General