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Book Synopsis**Don''t miss Emma Hornby''s new, gripping wartime saga, A SISTER''S FIGHT**
''If you enjoy Dilly Court''s stories, you''ll love the latest heart-warming romance from Emma Hornby.'' Yours
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A page-turning Victorian saga from the bestselling and RNA shortlisted author.
Jenny and her little brother Noah are orphans, living hand to mouth in a cellar dwelling in the heart of the Manchester slums.
At the tender age of nine, Noah is a chimney sweep''s boy: a dangerous job, where he''s wickedly mistreated. But they survive on his earnings, for which his older sister Jenny feels terrible guilt. It''s only her fiery temper that''s prevented her keeping down a job herself. With her brother''s safety - his life - on the line, Jenny resolves to try and control herself, and put her talent for singing to good use. Can she earn a crust by entertaining the punters at the taverns and inns around town?
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Trade Review
If you enjoy Dilly Court's stories, you'll love the latest heart-warming romance from Emma Hornby. * Yours *
Authentic, compelling . . . another winner for a northern author who has her home county written right across her heart. * Lancashire Evening Post on A Daughter's War *
Praise for Emma Hornby: * - *
'Compelling. A gripping and powerful tale of vengeance and reprisal' * Val Wood, author of Children of Fortune *
'Emma Hornby writes strong, working-class women with heart and humour. The book is an absolute joy' * Glenda Young, author of The Miner's Lass *
