Book description
Kirsty, an 'orphan brat' escapes from the remote Ayrshire farm where
she was a servant and runs away with her sweetheart, Craig Nelson. With
little money and still strangers to each other, they travel to Glasgow
and set up in a 'marriage' that is never made legal. Ambitious and
impatient to get on, Craig falls in with a gang of sly and vicious
thieves and soon sinks into a life of drink and crime. Meanwhile, Kirsty
has met the handsome and charming David Lockhart, a medical missionary
soon to return to China. But she is bound by loyalty to Craig, a less
than ideal husband who can only bring her hardship and heartbreak . . .
'Powerful Victorian drama' Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the
author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish
backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since THE
SPOILED EARTH was published in 1974.
