A Simple Wish (eBook)

A heartwarming and uplifiting saga from bestselling author Rosie Goodwin

Rosie Goodwin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
419 Seiten
Zaffre (Verlag)
978-1-83877-355-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Perfect for fans of heartwarming saga from Sunday Times bestselling author, Rosie Goodwin.Britain's best-loved saga writer trusted by over 4 million readers.1885.Ruby Carter works hard in her parents' bakery. Whilst life isn't easy, she's happy enough - her gentle mother protects young Ruby from her cruel father and loves her unconditionally. So, when her mother falls seriously ill, Ruby is heartbroken. Then, from her deathbed, her mother reveals that Ruby was adopted.Stricken by grief and alone with the violent man she called her father, Ruby feels she has no choice but to flee. At just fifteen, homeless and alone she is relieved when a kindly stranger named Mrs Bamber takes pity on poor Ruby and welcomes her into her home.But soon, Ruby learns Mrs Bamber is not as generous as she first seemed - she forces Ruby into a life of crime as a jewel thief in Birmingham's jewellery quarter. With nothing to her name and nowhere to go Ruby has no choice but to go along with it, despite the guilt and shame she feels. But Ruby is determined that she will atone for what she's done, and be reunited with her birth parents.Ruby's only wish is to find her family.

Autor

Rosie Goodwin is the four-million-copy bestselling author of more than thirty-five novels. She is the first author in the world to be allowed to follow three of Catherine Cookson's trilogies with her own sequels. Having worked in the social services sector for many years, then fostered a number of children, she is now a full-time novelist. She is one of the top 50 most borrowed authors from UK libraries and has sold over four million copies across her career. Rosie lives in Nuneaton, the setting for many of her books, with her husband and their beloved dogs.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.10.2021
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Schlagworte: a maiden's voyage • A Maiden’s Voyage • A Mother's Grace • A Mother’s Grace • A Mother's Grace The Little Angel Time to Say Goodbye The Winter Promise • An Orphan’s Journey • A Precious Gift • A Precious Gift Donna Douglas Bell Lane Dover Cafe Wartime Katie Flynn • A Simple Wish • Bell Lane • Birmingham • book lovers gift • Call the midwife • Catherine Cookson • Catherine Cookson Saga Family Workhouse War Lesley Pearse Margaret Dickinson • Christmas gift • Day of the Week • Days of the Week • dilly • dilly court • Dilly Court Katie Flynn • Dilly Court Mother's Day gift present Girls Sisters Mistress Maid • Donna Douglas • Dover Cafe • Dover café • Downton Abbey • Evie Grace • Family • Fortune's Daughter • Fortune’s Daughter • gems • Gift • gift for mum • Girls • historical fiction • Jewels • Josephine Cox • Katie Flynn • Kitty Neale • Lesley Pearse • Maid • Margaret Dickinson • memory lane • Mistress • Mothering Sunday • Mother's Day • mum present • Nadine Dorries • Nadine Dorries Josephine Cox Nuneaton Day of the Week A Maiden's Voyage • Nuneaton • orphan • Orphan Evie Grace Mothering Sunday The Blessed Child • Precious stones • Precious Stones Fortune's Daughter Gems Jewels Kitty Neale Historical Fiction • present • present for mum • Saga • saga lovers gift • saga readers gift • Sisters • The Blessed Child • The Crown • The Little Angel • The Winter Promise • Time to say Goodbye • war • wartime • workhouse
• ISBN-10: 1-83877-355-X / 183877355X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83877-355-7 / 9781838773557