TY - BOOK AU - Court,Dilly TI - Runaway widow T2 - The Rockwood chronicles SN - 9780008435578 (paperback) U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2022/// CY - London PB - HarperCollins Publishers KW - Historical fiction KW - Widows KW - Fiction KW - Women singers KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Poor KW - Family saga fiction KW - London (England) KW - Social conditions KW - 1800-1950 KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Victoria, 1837-1901 KW - England KW - 19th century KW - UK & IRL historical fiction KW - UK & IRL family saga fiction KW - Historical KW - Adult fiction KW - Print KW - lcgft KW - Romance fiction N1 - Includes excerpt from book 4, "Sunday's child" N2 - After the sudden death of her husband, Patricia Greystone is left with nothing, and at twenty-four, she finds herself a penniless widow. As the youngest child of a large family, she has always been headstrong and proud - so she's determined not to return to her family cap in hand. Instead she strikes out on her own. The dark streets of London are the perfect place to hide from the world, and Patricia makes her living singing on the streets. But the city is a dangerous place ER -