A Matter of Mischief Handful of Happiness
A Sparkle of Salt A Certain Freedom Another Day The Dancing Stone
A01=Evelyn Hood
Author_Evelyn Hood
Category=FBA
Catherine Cookson Dilly Court Maggie Mason Anna Jacobs Rosie Goodwin
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
Family historical romantic drama uplifting saga Scotland Scottish 1800s 1900s
Katie Flynn Val Wood Rita Bradshaw Kitty Neale Nadine Dorries
Knowing Me Birds in the Spring Staying On Looking After Your Own
McAdam's Women A Stranger to the Town Procession of One
McAdam’s Women A Stranger to the Town Procession of One
The Shimmer of the Herring Damask Days Pebbles on the Beach
Voices from the Sea Time and Again This Time Next Year The Silken Thread
Product details
- ISBN 9780751537338
- Weight: 200g
- Dimensions: 181 x 130mm
- Publication Date: 05 Apr 2007
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
A superb saga from Sunday Times bestselling author Evelyn Hood.
'Scotland's Catherine Cookson' Scots Magazine
'Hood is immaculate in her historical detail' Herald
'Evelyn Hood is a fantastic writer, bringing the past to life and drawing you right into the story' ***** Reader Review
It is 1865 and Eppie, a young widow with a child to bring up, can't believe her luck when she gets the position of housekeeper to wealthy widower Alexander Geddes. He and his teenage son, Duncan, are a dream to work for, but daughter Lydia is moody, spoiled and temperamental - and convinced that Eppie has designs on Alexander. But Eppie is no gold-digger and Alexander Geddes has intentions that are purely honourable. Intentions that begin to lean in the direction of Lydia's governess - Eppie's sister Marion.
Yet although the attraction is mutual, its development is slow. For there are other tensions not only in the household but also in the community. Refusing to train as a physician, Duncan is set on following his heart's desire, to side with his stepmother's kin and pursue his dreams of quarrying the precious local marble. Eppie, now almost a member of the family, feels partly responsible for the rift between father and son. She feels even more responsible when Duncan returns home with a stranger who has a mysterious past . . .
The Sunday Times bestselling author of 28 published novels, Evelyn Hood had a variety of jobs, including being a journalist and a poultry farmer. She was a full time writer, best known for her family sagas, set mainly in her home town of Paisley (Renfrewshire) and on the Clyde coast, where she also lived. Evelyn also wrote several one-act stage plays, which are regularly performed all over the world, as well as short stories, pantomimes and children's musicals.
