A Daughter's Promise
A new festive winter saga for 2023
Author: Judy Summers Series: The Shaw Family in Liverpool
The third book in the Shaw family series set in Victorian era Liverpool. In order to face a turbulent future, Annie Shaw needs to first dig into the secrets buried in the past...
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The third book in the Shaw family series set in Victorian era Liverpool. In order to face a turbulent future, Annie Shaw needs to first dig into the secrets buried in the past...
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AS RECOMMENDED BY LYN ANDREWS
Liverpool, 1861.
Annie Shaw longs to be taken seriously. At 14, she's fed up of being babied by her big sister Delilah. It's true that Delilah has been the closest thing to a mother that Annie or any of her siblings have ever known, but she's secretive about the past and won't let her little sister out of her sight. When Annie's old friend Clara visits with tales of the good money that can be made at the cotton mill outside Ormskirk, she sees her chance at adventure and runs away.
The work is gruelling and Annie is shocked to witness children as young as eight working long days around dangerous machinery. But it seems that, as long as the cotton is produced on time, the mill owners turn a blind eye to the very real human toll to be paid. The children from the workhouse are treated especially poorly and Annie can't help but make it her responsibility to rescue them.
Soon Annie finds herself caring for three young orphans, now a makeshift mum herself. As hard times hit the mill and hundreds of jobs are lost, will Annie be able to keep her young charges warm, fed and safe? In order to face a turbulent future, Annie needs to first dig into the secrets buried in the past . . .
PRAISE FOR JUDY SUMMERS:
'I thoroughly enjoyed this book... The characters are well drawn and believable' - Lyn Andrews
'Fascinating insights into Victorian Liverpool and a heart-warming story make for an inspiring read' - Mollie Walton
Critic Reviews
'PRAISE FOR JUDY SUMMERS:
'I thoroughly enjoyed this book... The characters are well drawn and believable' Lyn Andrews.
'Fascinating insights into Victorian Liverpool and a heart-warming story make for an inspiring read'' - Mollie Walton
About the Author
Judy Summers is an avid reader, historian and mother of three. Her forebears - some of whom probably entered England via Liverpool in the Victorian era - were miners, labourers and domestic servants. She finds these lives far more interesting than those of the upper classes. Judy lives in the English countryside with her family, and is a keen baker and gardener.
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