Snowflakes in the Wind
By (Author) Rita Bradshaw
Pan Macmillan
Pan Books
29th November 2016
17th November 2016
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)
823.92
Paperback
512
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 31mm
358g
It's Christmas Eve 1920 when nine year old Abby Kirby's family is ripped apart by a terrible tragedy. Leaving everything she's ever known, Abby takes her younger brother and runs away to a tough, hard existence in the Border farming community. Years pass. Abby becomes a beautiful young woman and falls in love, but her past haunts her, casting dark shadows. Furthermore, in the very place she's taken refuge there is one who wishes her harm. With her heart broken, Abby decides to make a new life as a nurse. When WW2 begins, she volunteers as a QA and is sent overseas. However, life takes another unexpected and dangerous turn when she becomes a prisoner of the Japanese. It is then that Abby realizes whatever has gone before is nothing compared to what lies ahead ...
A moving and gripping tale of love, loss and survival from one of the nations favourite saga queens * Lancashire Evening Post *
Raw passion and power on every page * Northern Echo *
Gritty and touching * Newcastle Evening Chronicle *
Rita Bradshaw was born in Northamptonshire, where she lives today. At the age of sixteen she met her husband - whom she considers her soul mate - and they have two daughters, a son and six grandchildren. To her delight, Rita's first novel was accepted for publication and she has gone on to write many more successful novels since, including the number one bestseller Dancing in the Moonlight. As a committed Christian and passionate animal lover her life is full, but she loves walking her dog, reading, eating out and visiting the cinema and theatre, as well as being involved in her church and animal welfare.