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Book SynopsisA superb saga from Sunday Times bestselling author Evelyn Hood.
''Scotland''s Catherine Cookson'' Scots Magazine
''Hood is immaculate in her historical detail'' Herald
Jenny Gillespie has suffered her share of troubles during the Great War, not least the loss of her fiance, Robert Archer. For although Robert was not killed in action, he is as dead to her as any sweetheart slaughtered in France when he eventually meets another woman. Jenny, meanwhile, is trapped in Clydeside''s dockland, unable to leave her mother, who is worn out and heartbroken. Jenny has little choice but to abandon her dream of making a new start in Glasgow and return to her job in the tracing office of Dalkieth''s shipyard and the domination of her relentlessly demanding family.
Unexpectedly, Robert Archer returns to Clydeside and becomes Jenny''s boss. Single again, penitent and seemingly eager to rekindle his relationship with Jenny, Robert wou
