Nobody's Girl by British author Tania Crosse (
Fantastic Fiction) is the 1st novel in her Nobody's Girl duology of heartwarming historical personal drama/family sagas set during the interwar years of the 1920/30s in the Kent countryside, centred around the relationship between two bereaved women dealing with tragedy—the wife of a wealthy industrialist who has apparently lost her child, and a young woman who was abruptly orphaned from her parents—as one is irresistibly drawn to the other, who is reluctant to let a stranger into her life, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Head of Zeus' Aria imprint for digital first publications by newer and translated authors.
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Description
A compelling story that tingles with drama, tension and an overwhelming sense of love. Perfect for the fans of Jo Cox and Rosie Goodwin.
The boom years immediately after the Great War bring nothing but happiness for wealthy industrialist Wigmore Stratfield-Whyte and his wife Clarissa – until tragedy robs them of their greatest treasure.
Many years later, an horrific fatal accident brings young Meg Chandler, a spirited farmer's daughter, into their lives. Meg wants nothing to do with them, but Clarissa is drawn irresistibly towards the bereaved girl and will move heaven and earth to help her. Will Meg allow Clarissa into her own shattered life, and can the two share a future happiness together? And will Meg's new acquaintances bring her the contentment she craves – or seek to destroy her?
Set in the Kent countryside in the years leading up to the Second World War, this compelling saga tingles with drama, tension and an overwhelming sense of love.