"A heartbreakingly touching and turbulent tale of love and sacrifice in 1840s Yorkshire. "
Amber Ainsley has more than her fair share of difficult decisions to make in Rosie Goodwin’s latest compelling saga. The laundry maid is in love with wealthy employer, Barnaby Greenwood, but hopes of a happy ending are quickly dashed when she discovers she’s pregnant and must leave Whitby to deliver her illegitimate baby in secret. Barnaby promises to find the baby a loving home, but it’s not long before Amber suspects her daughter is closer than she could ever have hoped. This is family drama on an epic scale! The emotional tension rises and falls as Amber and Barnaby face the heartache of illness, sacrifice and death alongside the joy of love and parenthood. The class divide adds a level of intricacy not found in your typical will-they-won’t-they love story, and Goodwin’s beautifully drawn side characters ensure the storyline never dips in pace or interest. Uncle Jeremiah is an absolute favourite, adding unexpected warmth in the bleakest of moments, the brutish Bertie Preston doing an equally stellar job of injecting drama in the novel’s final chapters. A Season for Hope is another triumph from one of Britain’s most-admired writers – be prepared to be drawn in, swept away and gorgeously entertained.
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