In Fields Where Daisies Grow

by Elizabeth Jeffrey

Book Overview

After a London pub brawl, in which her beloved father is injured, thirteen-year-old Sally Stangate and her family must flee to begin a new life in the Essex village where he was born. But when they arrive, Sally has an uncanny feeling that her future in Wyford will be ill-starred. Her premonition proves to be well-founded; six years later, just after the outbreak of World War I, an old family secret destroys her hopes of marriage to Tim, the man she loves, and estranges her from her family. Determined to put the past behind her, Sally goes to work in her Aunt Becca's antiques shop. When she falls in love with a young shipwright, Sam Bridges, she believes the chance of happiness is hers once more - but Sam's mother opposes the match and Sally is forced to watch her lover go off to war at the very moment when she needs him most.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749957891
• ISBN13: 9780749957896
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Piatkus
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

A romance...

Just after the outbreak of WWI, an old family secret wrecks Sally Stangate's hopes of marriage to Tim, the man she loves, and estranges her from her family. Sally believes the chance of happiness is hers once more when she falls in love with a young shipwright, Sam Bridges...but he goes off to war just when she needs him most. With Sam fighting in the trenches beside Tim, her former love, Sally struggles to make a life for herself and her child until he returns. Yet there are further tragedies to overcome and conflicts to be resolved before she can achieve her heart's desire.