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Rachel Smedling is not like the other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much, he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her.



When her mother dies, Rachel is at the mercy of her increasingly violent father. Her only escape is by marrying a kindly man with whom she finds happiness, if not passion, and her life begins to seem complete. Rachel''s growing prosperity infuriates her father and his cronies, however, and they will stop at nothing to see her destroyed.



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After an action-packed start, this story develops into a well told, captivating story * Dorset Evening Echo on JESSIE *

Like No Other

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/05/2000
      ISBN13: 9780340716915, 978-0340716915
      ISBN10: 340716916
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      Historical Fiction Books by Anna Jacobs

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Rachel Smedling is not like the other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much, he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her.



      When her mother dies, Rachel is at the mercy of her increasingly violent father. Her only escape is by marrying a kindly man with whom she finds happiness, if not passion, and her life begins to seem complete. Rachel''s growing prosperity infuriates her father and his cronies, however, and they will stop at nothing to see her destroyed.



      Trade Review
      After an action-packed start, this story develops into a well told, captivating story * Dorset Evening Echo on JESSIE *

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