A Woman of Courage (Paperback)
Rita Bradshaw (author)Published: 09/11/2023
Survival means fighting back. Set across Sunderland and New York in the late 19th century, A Woman of Courage is a heartwarming saga by Rita Bradshaw, author of the bestselling Believing in Tomorrow.
It's 1890, and Josie Gray is an innocent and beautiful fifteen-year old when Adam McGuigan, the youngest son of a dangerous and influential crime family spots her singing in a Sunderland public house. Adam is handsome and charismatic, sweeping Josie off her feet with his beguiling lies and promises. He charms her into marrying him on her sixteenth birthday, but on her wedding night the fairy tale ends.
Josie finds herself trapped in a living nightmare and there's no one to help her. Events spiral out of control, and when her life is put in danger she escapes with her baby son. Fleeing to a different country, Josie fights to make a good life for her child and then love beckons again.
But the McGuigan family's power is far reaching. When the day of reckoning comes, can Josie survive it?
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781035000326
Number of pages: 496
Weight: 350 g
Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 36 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
A moving and gripping tale of love, loss and survival from one of the nation’s favourite saga queens - Lancashire Evening Post, on A Winter Love Song
Raw passion and power on every page - Northern Echo, on A Winter Love Song
An innocent heroine is lured into a world of pain from which she is forced to flee. - The Yorkshire Times
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“Historical fiction set in SUNDERLAND (and New York)”
Fifteen year old Josie Gray is a stunner, with her green eyes and her glorious auburn locks. She sings six nights a week in the Fiddler’s Elbow, a rough pub where she earns a few bob to take home to her family.
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“Superb historical fiction”
I have been a fan of Rita's work for a while now. By no means have I read everything that she has written but one day soon I hope to change that. I just love the way in which she writes such fantastic... More
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