It is August, 1914. Twenty-one-year-old Evelyn Northey is desperate to become a doctor...
With her father forbidding
Money is tight in rural Fellburn, which perhaps explains why Hector Stewart, only two years after the death of his wife, announces to his children that he is to marry Moira Conelly, a wealthy distant relative from Irel&. But Moira hasn't been entirely honest about her finances. & she has somehow convinced herself she will be marrying into landed gentry, with the lifestyle to match. It is with surprise, therefore, that she first sees the run-down farm that will be her new home.. . Set at the end of the nineteenth century, this powerful novel of family conflict once again demonstrates Catherine Cookson's incredible skill for captivating storytelling.