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A Home of Her Own
By (Author) Elizabeth Gill
Quercus Publishing
Quercus Publishing
29th October 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Hardback
352
Width 158mm, Height 236mm, Spine 38mm
580g
From the bestselling author of An Orphan's Wish and The Runaway Children comes a gritty novel of one woman's determination, perfect for fans of Anna Jacobs and Ellie Dean.
Lorna Robson works long and tiring hours in her aunt's hat shop in County Durham. Although she tries not to complain, the genteel poverty her family live in depresses her. But when she discovers that a relation has left her a large but dilapidated property, her aunt is strangely furious, and they part on bad terms. Lorna knows she can never return to the life she has made herself. And it is only when she sees Snow Hall that her situation truly dawns on her: selling the house is unthinkable, but how can she survive without money or helpNote: this book was previously published under the title Snow Hall.Elizabeth Gill writes with a masterful grasp of conflicts and passions hidden among men and women of the wild North Country * Leah Fleming *
Original and evocative - a born storyteller * Trisha Ashley *
If you love Catherine Cookson then you will love Elizabeth Gill * Northern Echo *
Elizabeth Gill was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and as a child lived in Tow Law in County Durham where her family owned a steelworks. She has spent all her life in Durham but recently moved to North West Wales to be near her family. She can see the sea from her windows and spends a lot of time eating seafood, drinking orange wine and walking the family Labrador, Izzie, on the beautiful beaches.