Book description
After her dastardly husband Billy tries to sell her at a wife sale,
Lily Fowler finds herself alone, frightened and heavily pregnant on
the streets of Hull.
Her brave attempts to find work are futile and when she is turned
away from the workhouse and other such establishments for women in her
"condition", Lily is forced to swallow her last iota of
respectability and work in a brothel in Leadenhall Square.
Unexpectedly things begin to look up. Lily sees potential where
others can only see destitution and ruin and soon forges strong
relationships with the other women there. They are all good-hearted
women who have fallen on hard times and together Lily and her
"fallen angels" outwit the low-life brothel-keeper and work
to turn the house in Leadenhall Square into something altogether more
respectable. And before any of them know it, doors swing open, lost
loves are recovered and the happy endings none of them dared to dream
of begin to materialise ...
Valerie Wood was born in Yorkshire, where she still lives. Her
first novel, The Hungry Tide, was the winner of the Catherine
Cookson Prize for Fiction. All her novels are available from Corgi Books.
Find out more about Valerie Wood's novels by visiting her website on
www. valeriewood. co. uk
