Abigail Cookson, whose mother disappeared when she was a small child and whose father is the town drunk, thinks her life can only get better when she meets and falls in love with handsome sailor Joe. And when she gets a job at a large department store, she thinks her troubles are over.But Joe is off to sea and Abby's employer is not as respectable as she thought. When Abby discovers she is pregnant while Joe is away at sea, it seems things can't get any worse. The start of World War Two gives her the chance of a new life and to put the past behind her. But can she forget Joe?
- ISBN10 0709085524
- ISBN13 9780709085522
- Publish Date 30 April 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 November 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English