Description
Can she escape the hardships of her past?
Growing up in London's tough East End, young Sara Porter has had to learn to take care of herself. Her mother resents her maternal responsibilities and has never shown her daughter the slightest bit of love.
Starved of affection, Sara vows not to let anyone get close and focuses instead on getting out of the East End. But still she hopes that one day she'll find a real family to call her own...
(Note: previously published as The Angry Heart by Elizabeth Lord)
A heartwarming family saga about overcoming hardships and finding true love.
About the Author
Maggie Ford was born in the East End of London but at the age of six she moved to Essex, where she lived for the rest of her life. After the death of her first husband, when Maggie was only twenty-six, she went to work as a legal secretary until she remarried in 1968. She wrote short stories from the early 1970s up to her death at the age of 92.
Reviews
[Ford's] instinctive feel for place, time and character has proved equally endearing * Choice Magazine *
Book Information
ISBN 9780091953577
Author Maggie Ford
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Ebury Press
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Weight(grams) 323g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 126mm * 29mm