The buttonmaker's daughter / Young women Marriage Families
Allingham, Merryn,
The buttonmaker's daughter / Merryn Allingham. - Large print edition. - 372 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
May, 1914. Nestled in Sussex, the Summerhayes mansion seems the perfect country idyll. But with a long-running feud in the Summers family and tensions in Europe deepening, Summerhayes' peaceful days are numbered. For Elizabeth Summer, the lazy quiet of her home has become stifling. A chance meeting with Aiden Kellaway, an architect's assistant, offers the secret promise of escape. But to secure her family's future, Elizabeth must marry well. A man of trade falls far from her father's uncompromising standards. As the sweltering heat of 1914 builds to a storm, Elizabeth faces a choice between family loyalty and an uncertain future with the man she loves.
9780750545570 0750545577
Young women--Fiction.
Marriage--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Sussex (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Large type books.
The buttonmaker's daughter / Merryn Allingham. - Large print edition. - 372 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
May, 1914. Nestled in Sussex, the Summerhayes mansion seems the perfect country idyll. But with a long-running feud in the Summers family and tensions in Europe deepening, Summerhayes' peaceful days are numbered. For Elizabeth Summer, the lazy quiet of her home has become stifling. A chance meeting with Aiden Kellaway, an architect's assistant, offers the secret promise of escape. But to secure her family's future, Elizabeth must marry well. A man of trade falls far from her father's uncompromising standards. As the sweltering heat of 1914 builds to a storm, Elizabeth faces a choice between family loyalty and an uncertain future with the man she loves.
9780750545570 0750545577
Young women--Fiction.
Marriage--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Sussex (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Large type books.