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What is Love and Sorrow about?

Glasgow, the 1900s.Nothing was more shaming than to give birth to an illegitimate child.Meg and her young daughter Becky live in constant fear of their secret being exposed.But it is not just the shame of being an unmarried mother that troubles Meg.She must raise her beloved daughter through the great disasters and traumas of the early twentieth century.The threat of Bubonic Plague in Glasgow in 1900.The Ibrox Disaster of 1902, when the newly built West Tribune Stand collapsed due to heavy rainfall the previous night.The Great War which claimed the lives of the city's young men.The Great Depression which robbed it of so many jobs.And the trials and tests of World War Two, the great national struggle in which every person was involved.Through it all, Meg experiences the extremes of both Love and Sorrow.'Love & Sorrow' is a moving, epic saga that brilliantly captures the turbulent history of the first half of the twentieth century.In Meg, Jenny Telfer Chaplin has created a memorable character - a woman whose strength and fortitude in the face of terrible tragedy and loss will both inspire and move readers.'An enthralling story that kept me hooked from the first page to the last' - Ro

Author

Chaplin, Jenny Telfer

Publisher

Endeavour Press

Published

2013

Language

EN