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The Jarrow Lass, A Child of Jarrow & Return to Jarrow by Trotter, Janet; MacLeod, Janet is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Jarrow Lass, A Child of Jarrow & Return to Jarrow about?
Passionate tales of love, heartache and survival against the odds, The Jarrow Trilogy follows the lives of 3 remarkable heroines and their families from the dire poverty of Victorian dockyards through the momentous times of the First and Second World Wars to the changed world of 1950s Britain. Gripping, emotional and uplifting, the Trilogy is inspired by Catherine Cookson, her mother and grandmother. The Jarrow Lass : Brought up on her parents' smallholding in Jarrow in the harsh years of the 1870s, selling vegetables to poverty-struck Irish labourers such as the unruly McMullens, Rose dreams of the world beyond the grime of the town, a world she glimpsed at a fairytale wedding on the Ravensworth Estate as a child. Capturing the heart of handsome and respectable steelworker William Fawcett, it seems her wish for a better life is finally within reach. But tragedy strikes, and to save her young family from destitution, Rose must turn to wild John McMullen. The Jarrow Lass is the first novel in the Jarrow Trilogy and is inspired by Catherine Cookson's grandmother. A Child of Jarrow : To escape her possessive and drunken step-father, Kate is sent away from teaming Jarrow to work
Who reads The Jarrow Lass, A Child of Jarrow & Return to Jarrow?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Trotter, Janet; MacLeod, Janet
- Publisher
- MacLeod Trotter Books
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781908359261
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Romance, Historical Romance, Fiction