Tilly Trotter Wed
Author | : Catherine Cookson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 075533485X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780755334858 |
Rating | : 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Download or read book Tilly Trotter Wed written by Catherine Cookson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tilly Trotter has devotedly served Mark Sopwith at Highfield Manor for twelve years. His wife in all but name, theirs is a scandalous yet happy arrangement. But when Mark dies Tilly is left pregnant with his illegitimate child. Cast out of the manor house by Mark's spiteful grown-up daughter, Tilly is forced to face the prejudices of the local village. No stranger to hardship, she makes do as best she can but when a villager's vicious attack leaves her baby son, Willy, half blind she knows that it's time to leave her native Tyneside. A new love seems to offer an escape and so she follows her heart to America, sure that this will be the beginning of a better life. But new perils await Tilly across the ocean....