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Product details
- ISBN 9781472245366
- Weight: 260g
- Dimensions: 128 x 194mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jan 2017
- Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Forced to flee from home, a young woman faces the unknown . . . but not alone.
Cradle of Thorns is a spell-binding tale of freedom in the face of fear from bestselling author Josephine Cox. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Lindsey Hutchinson.
Nell Reece has never known her mother, and her father's burden of guilt about his wife has kept him cowed for years, working as a common labourer on his sister's farm. But for all her aunt's spiteful attempts to break Nell's independent spirit, she has never succeeded. But now Nell, pregnant and alone, is forced to leave behind the men in her life, believing she might never be able to return.
With little but the clothes she wears, she travels across the Bedfordshire countryside of 1890. When she encounters a scruffy urchin called Kit, a ten-year-old orphan who's lived his whole life on the streets, she takes him under her wing. The pair become devoted friends, never knowing where their journey will take them, but each aware that the time will come when there must be a reckoning.
What readers are saying about Cradle of Thorns:
'Was spellbound from beginning to end . . . excellent story of love and betrayal. Definitely worth a read. Loved every minute' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A powerful story well written. One of the best books I have read in a long time' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'It has everything a reader could want: hatred, love, respect, humour and intrigue. The characters were so real they could have been standing beside me' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I could not put this book down, finished it in a day. A wonderful story of family, truth and love' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Yet another winner by Josephine Cox. I love all her stories and characters' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Josephine Cox was born in a cotton-mill house in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching - and started to write her first full-length novel. Her strong, gritty stories are taken from the tapestry of life.
