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When Ethan Postlethwaite, his wife Grace and their daughter Amy announce that they will be leaving the family home in the Yorkshire Dales, Grace’s parents are heartbroken. Hoping for a new life prospecting for gold in the wilds of Canada, the young

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When Ethan Postlethwaite, his wife Grace & their daughter Amy announce that they will be leaving the family home in the Yorkshire Dales, Grace’s parents are heartbroken. Hoping for a new life prospecting for gold in the wilds of Canada, the young family say goodbye & set sail across the Atlantic in search of a brighter future.

The journey there proves hard & treacherous, however, & upon arrival it becomes apparent that the riches they had been promised in the gold fields have already been plundered. So when the family is devastated by the death of Grace, Ethan decides he must take his daughter back to Engl&.

Arriving in Liverpool, Ethan & Amy soon find work in a dairy as cow-keepers, but Amy is restless & struggles to settle into yet another new life. & when a chance encounter at a cattle show ignites an old friendship, she must decide where her own future lies & what she must do in order to find happiness at last...

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• ISBN: 9781529037166
• Author: Diane Allen
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions: 23.39 x 15.29 cm
 

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The Works
With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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