The Deep Well at Noon
By (Author) Jessica Stirling
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
3rd February 1999
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823.914
Paperback
528
Width 114mm, Height 177mm, Spine 34mm
284g
When Holly Beckman inherits a quarter share of James Aspinall's antique shop, his dissolute son David and snobbish daughter Andrea are outraged. But the girl from the back streets of Lambeth has already faced enemies more daunting than the Mayfair smart set.
Aided by her grandfather, Holly defies her father's drunken rages, her brother's criminal plans and David Aspinall's seductive charms. But she has one weakness. Christopher Deems, a handsome poet scarred by the Great War, drives Holly to a fateful decision between love and ambition. She cannot know that tragedy waits down each shadowed path..'She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes' Glasgow HeraldJessica Stirling s high reputation is well deserved - Manchester Evening News
She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes - Glasgow Herald A naturally gifted writer - E. V. ThompsonA well-researched background on antiques; a strong story line and characters - AnnabelGood story-telling - Scots MagazineExcellent...a moving novel - Books in ScotlandBorn in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since The Spoiled Earth was published in 1974.