The Carousel Keeps Turning: A woman's journey to escape her brutal past
By (Author) Pamela Evans
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
6th August 1999
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823.914
Paperback
448
Width 112mm, Height 179mm, Spine 29mm
294g
Covered with bruises, Maddie Brown can only think about getting as far away as possible from Barking and her violent husband. Richmond, at the other end of the District Line, seems as good a place to go as any. It's a hot bank holiday in 1960 and Maddie, clutching her five-year-old daughter, follows the Richmond crowds swarming towards the river where a vibrant fairground is in full swing. The noise and fun do little to soothe her pain but an encounter with a fairground owner's daughter is to change her life for ever. Janice is a kind, warm-hearted single mother who, seeing their distress, determines to help them.
Before long, Maddie is working for the Fenners, revelling in the spirit of the fairground. But an ugly past, when it is left unresolved, has a habit of catching up with the present and Maddie eventually realises that she must fight like never before to keep hold of all that she loves...Praise for Pamela Evans's previous sagas: 'A good traditional romance, and its author has a feeling for the atmosphere of postwar London * Sunday Express *
Very readable * Bella *
The leading characters are finely drawn...crisp prose...a superb and heartwarming read * Irish Independent *
A compelling book * Woman's Realm *
Well peopled with warm personalities * Liverpool Post *
There's a special kind of warmth that shines through the characters in Evans' novels... An uplifting love story with all the right ingredients * Lancashire Evening Post *
This book touched me very, very much. It's lovely * North Wales Chronicle *
Pam Evans was born and brought up in Ealing, London. She now lives in Surrey, near to her family and five beautiful grandchildren. On Her Own Two Feet is Pam Evans's thirtieth saga for Headline and all her previous novels are also available in ebook. For more information about Pam and her novels visit www.pamevansbooks.com.