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Three strong women make their way in 1950s Canada English hairdresser, Ethel, alone after the deaths of her family and her wartime fiancé. Widow and single mother, Alice, bringing up two daughters, receives an unexpected inheritance that will transform her life. War bride, Joan, now mother to four small children. All brought together in a rural Canadian town where they each try to build a future - sometimes in spite of the men in their lives. Each woman has a different idea of happiness. Will any or all of them achieve it? The final standalone novel in The Canadians series, after The Chalky Sea and The Alien Corn. Grab your copy now and lose yourself in the lives and loves of these women.

They faced up to the challenges of war - but can they deal with the troubles of peace?Canadian, Jim Armstrong, married in haste during the second world war, after a one-night stand. When his wife and their small son join him in Canada it's four years since they've seen each other. War bride, Joan discovers Jim has no intention of the family returning to England. She struggles to adapt to life on a remote farm in Ontario, far from her family and cold-shouldered by Jim's mother. Jim, haunted by his wartime experiences in Italy, Iingering feelings for a former lover, and the demands of the farm, begins to doubt his love for Joan.From the rolling farmland of Ontario to the ravaged landscapes of war-torn Italy, this sweeping love story is the sequel to The Chalky Sea.

A gripping story of love, duty, sacrifice and determination in the aftermath of the First World War. Martha Walters is the widow of an abusive man. Martha has nothing and is about to lose her home. Christopher Shipley is the reluctant heir to a substantial family fortune. He has more money than he needs or wants, and responsibilities he cannot shirk. They were never meant to fall in love, but sometimes the wrong person is the right one, until a terrible secret is revealed, which could force them apart.From an English country house to the jungles of Borneo, The Gamekeeper's Wife, is sure to keep you up reading all night.

How far would she go to save her marriage? How far would he go to keep a promise?1900. Eighteen-year old Hephzibah Wildman, homeless and destitute after the tragic death of her parents, becomes a governess at Ingleton Hall. Befriending Merritt Nightingale, the local parson and drawn to the handsome Thomas Egdon, she starts to rebuild her life. When she attracts the unwanted advances of her employer, the country squire Sir Richard Egdon, she makes the first of two desperate decisions that will change not only her own life but the lives of those around her.

A Tapestry of True Tales from Then and NowThis collection of nine short stories comes from historical novelist Clare Flynn. There are five historical tales - four based on stories from her own family history, and a tragic tale from eighteenth century Sussex. A Fine Pair of Shoes started out with her wish to capture and embroider the bare bones of a family story, based on her paternal great-great-grandparents and their trip to The Great Exhibition of 1851. The Proposal is based on the tragic death of Flynn's maternal grandfather, killed on the Liverpool docks in 1934 when my mother was six.The collection also includes contemporary fiction with four intriguing stories - modern morality tales, set in England, Paris, the USA and an island in the Indian Ocean.Beautifully crafted, vividly brought to life on the page these quirky stories give an insight into human nature at its best - and its worst.