The Jagged Window

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Edward Maichin's eloquent sermons and blond good looks have ensured his popularity amongst his congregation in the small Welsh mining community where he and his family live. But at home, the dark side of Edward's character runs riot, and since his errant father ran away to America, his mother and younger siblings have been powerless to prevent Edward's cruelty which dominates their lives.
Only his younger sister Theo, a gifted writer haunted by her stillborn twin, is brave enough to defy Edward's hypocrisy. But her promising career as a journalist is cut short when the suspicious death of their grandmother's maid - rumoured to be bearing Edward's child - forces the Maichins to flee the valley for the pits of North-East England.
There, on the wild moors of Durham, Theo takes up the position of companion to an old lady who lives with her shambling bear of a son. Theo realises that she has found a family even more vulnerable and fractured than her own. But will the price of healing... Tovább

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Edward Maichin's eloquent sermons and blond good looks have ensured his popularity amongst his congregation in the small Welsh mining community where he and his family live. But at home, the dark side of Edward's character runs riot, and since his errant father ran away to America, his mother and younger siblings have been powerless to prevent Edward's cruelty which dominates their lives.
Only his younger sister Theo, a gifted writer haunted by her stillborn twin, is brave enough to defy Edward's hypocrisy. But her promising career as a journalist is cut short when the suspicious death of their grandmother's maid - rumoured to be bearing Edward's child - forces the Maichins to flee the valley for the pits of North-East England.
There, on the wild moors of Durham, Theo takes up the position of companion to an old lady who lives with her shambling bear of a son. Theo realises that she has found a family even more vulnerable and fractured than her own. But will the price of healing this family - and hers - be more than she is prepared to pay?
Praise for Wendy Robertson: 'A cross between the yarn-spinning style of Catherine Cookson and the powerful literary talent of Pat Barker' Sunderland Echo 'This wonderful historical saga has to be on your reading list' Woman's Realm 'A blend of accessibility and total sincerity' Pat Barker 'Wendy Robertson's characters are wonderful quirky and interesting people, utterly believable A triumph' Northern Echo
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