One quiet woman / Anna Jacobs.

By: Jacobs, Anna [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Jacobs, Anna. Ellindale ; bk. 1.Publisher: Long Preston [England] : Magna, 2019Edition: Large print editionDescription: 420 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750547215; 0750547219Other title: 1 quiet womanSubject(s): Orphans -- Fiction | Sisters -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Lancashire (England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction | Large type books. Summary: Lancashire, 1930. Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry. Since her mother died years ago, she becomes sole provider for her little sister. But women's wages are half those of men's and even after pawning their few belongings, they'll still lose their home. Then the local pawnbroker, Charlie Willcox, offers a solution. His brother Jonah, an invalid since being gassed in the Great War, needs a wife. Charlie thinks Leah would be perfect for the job. It may be the only way out, but the sisters find themselves facing danger in their new life with Jonah. Can the three of them ever find a brighter future?
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Lancashire, 1930. Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry. Since her mother died years ago, she becomes sole provider for her little sister. But women's wages are half those of men's and even after pawning their few belongings, they'll still lose their home. Then the local pawnbroker, Charlie Willcox, offers a solution. His brother Jonah, an invalid since being gassed in the Great War, needs a wife. Charlie thinks Leah would be perfect for the job. It may be the only way out, but the sisters find themselves facing danger in their new life with Jonah. Can the three of them ever find a brighter future?

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