Book description
For Amelia and her brothers and sisters, the grim past which their
mother Emily had endured seemed very far away. As pretty as a picture,
and now learning to be a teacher in York, Amelia looked forward with
pleasure to becoming acquainted with the young men clamouring to get
to know her, and especially the two gentlemen who had come all the way
from Australia to meet her family. Ralph Hawkins, bringing with him
his friend Jack - a handsome half-aboriginal Australian who was
determined to make a good living for himself - arrived in Hull looking
for his roots. He found Amelia, whose tangled family history was
inextricably bound up with his.
Ralph Hawkins's whole world had been turned upside down when he
learned that he had been adopted by the couple he had always called
his parents. In his quest to find his real mother, he uncovered some
cruel and unpleasant truths, before at last realising where his true
destiny lay.
Valerie Wood was born in Yorkshire, where she still lives. Her
first novel, The Hungry Tide, was the first winner of the Catherine
Cookson Prize for Fiction. She is the author of twelve novels, all of
which are available in Corgi paperback.
Find out more about Valerie Wood's novels by visiting her website on
www. valeriewood. co. uk
