The Mother and Baby Home (eBook)

A warm-hearted new novel from the Queen of Family Saga

Sheila Everett, Sheila Newberry (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
400 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
978-1-83877-146-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A charming new saga by Sheila Newberry, author of The Nursemaid's Secret and The Winter Baby, for fans of Call the Midwife. Sunny grew up in the mother and baby home on Grove Lane, London. The daughter of a wartime nurse and a Polish pilot, she was abandoned by her mother shortly after her birth and taken in by Nan, the warm and gentle proprietor of the home in which she was born. Never having known her parents, Sunny has always felt like she doesn't quite fit in, but now at sixteen-years-old she is ready to find her place in the world. Heading out to start her first job, she finally feels she has some idea of who she wants to be.As 1950s London is changing at a rapid pace, so is Sunny. And when someone from her past returns, Sunny has some tough decisions to make. Decisions that could affect the rest of her life . . . - - - - Praise for Sheila Newberry 'The Forget-Me-Not Girl is a drama-packed and emotional saga full of nostalgia, warmth and charm.' The Lancashire Post'So gloriously nostalgic . . . a perfect example of her talent.' Maureen Lee, bestselling author of The Seven Streets of Liverpool'Like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen.' Diane Allen, bestselling author of For the Sake of Her Family Readers are already loving The Mother and Baby Home:'A lovely emotional book.' Netgalley reviewer 'A delightful read . . . will pull at your heartstrings.' Netgalley reviewer

Autor

Sheila Newberry was born in Suffolk and spent a lot of time there both before and during the war. She wrote her first 'book' before she was ten - all sixty pages of it - in purple ink. Her family was certainly her inspiration and she was published for most of her adult life. She spent forty years living in Kent with her husband John on a smallholding. She had nine children, twenty-two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Sheila retired back to Suffolk where she lived until her death in 2020.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Schlagworte: 1950s • A Christmas Wish for the Shipyard Girls • Annie Groves • A rag and bone Christmas • A Winter Hope • Christmas book • Christmas saga • Christmas with the Teashop Girls • Christmas women's fiction • cosy read • daisy styles • dilly court • Diney Costeloe • Diney Costelow • Domestic saga • elaine everest • Family Domestic WWII War Festive Christmas women's Romantic fiction • Family Saga • festive romance • Festive saga • Festive women's fiction • Hot Pies on the Tram Car • Katie Flynn • London • London 1950s World War Two Trinidad Poland Mixed race The Nursemaid's Secret • Mixed Race • Nancy Revell • Poland • Rag and Bone Christmas • romantic fiction • Sheila Jeffries • The Mother and Baby Home • the nursemaid's secret • The Winter Baby • The Winter Baby A Winter Hope Katie Flynn Diney Costeloe Dilly Court Sheila Jeffries • The Winter Promise • Trinidad • Under the Mistletoe • War saga • winter read • World War Two • WWII
• ISBN-10: 1-83877-146-8 / 1838771468
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83877-146-1 / 9781838771461