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Author: Margaret Dickinson  

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The new saga from top-ten bestseller Margaret Dickinson.

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The new saga from top-ten bestseller Margaret Dickinson.

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1919 in Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire. The Ryan family are adjusting to life in the aftermath of the First World War. Walter has returned home a broken man and so it falls to his son Josh and daughter Emily to do their best to keep their family business as the village candlemakers going.Josh and Emily are great friends with Thomas 'Trip' Trippet, whose father owns a cutlery manufacturing company in Sheffield, and Amy Clark, daughter of the local blacksmith. Together the foursome roam the hills and dales. Romance blossoms for Josh and Amy while Emily falls in love with Trip but is unsure if the feeling is mutual.Their lives are changed when Trip goes to learn the family trade in Sheffield. Martha Ryan, determined that her son Josh will go up in the world, uproots her husband and children and moves them to live in Sheffield too. All Josh wants to do is to continue making candles and marry Amy. Moving into a backstreet court in the city is very different lifestyle for all of the Ryan family. But things start to look up when their new neighbour, Louise, helps to find Emily employment as a Buffer Girl.

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Critic Reviews

“Her novels bring to life her love of the Lincolnshire landscape”

With instantly likeable characters and a thoroughly engrossing story, you'll be gripped from the very first page Sunday Express
The Queen of Saga Daily Express
A gripping saga full of heart-rending drama Yours
Lincolnshire Echo

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About the Author

Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. This was followed by twenty-five further titles including Plough the Furrow, Sow the Seed and Reap the Harvest, which make up her Lincolnshire Fleethaven trilogy.Many of her novels are set in the heart of her home county but in Tangled Threads and Twisted Strands, the stories include not only Lincolnshire but also the framework knitting and lace industries of Nottingham.Her 2012 and 2013 novels, Jenny's War and The Clippie Girls, were both top-twenty bestsellers and her 2014 novel, Fairfield Hall, went to number nine on the Sunday Times bestseller list.

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It is 1920 in the Derbyshire dales. The Ryan family are adjusting to life now that the war is over. Walter has returned home a broken man and so it falls to his son and daughter, Josh and Emily, to keep the family business going. The Ryan children grew up with Amy Clark, daughter of the village blacksmith, and Thomas 'Trip' Trippett, whose father owns a cutlery manufacturing company in Sheffield. The four are still close and as romance blossoms for Josh and Amy, Emily falls in love with Trip - but is unsure if the feeling is mutual. Martha Ryan is fiercely ambitious for her son and so she uproots her family to Sheffield, where she feels Josh will have more opportunities. But all Josh wants is to continue his father's candle making business and marry Amy. As the Ryans do their best to adapt to city life, their friendly next-door neighbour Lizzie helps the newcomers settle in. She even finds Emily employment as a Buffer Girl for the cutlery industry; though her attraction to Josh worries Emily. Though her mother cannot recognize it, it is Emily who is best equipped to forge a career, while Josh's ambitions lie in a different direction. And as time goes on, problems and even dangers arise that the Ryan family could not possibly have foreseen.

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Product Details

Publisher
Pan Macmillan | Pan Books
Published
11th February 2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Pages
432
ISBN
9781447290896

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