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The Girl From World's End Leah Fleming

The Girl From World's End By Leah Fleming

The Girl From World's End by Leah Fleming


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Summary

When tragedy strikes, there's only one place she can go...
A captivating debut from a born storyteller.

The Girl From World's End Summary

The Girl From World's End by Leah Fleming

When tragedy strikes, there's only one place she can go...
A captivating debut from a born storyteller.

When 8-year-old Mirren Gilchrist is orphaned after a tragic accident, she is sent to live with her estranged relatives deep in the Yorkshire Dales. She struggles to fit in, her town ways a mystery to the country children.

One day, fleeing school - and the cane - she takes refuge from a fierce snowstorm in the ruins of a stone cottage. Legend has it that World's End is haunted but Mirren has finally found somewhere she can call home and her love affair with this magical place begins.

It's the place she falls in love with Jack, the place she secretly hopes will one day become their very own. But the Second World War arrives and everything is thrown into turmoil. Jack returns from leave a changed man - violent and uncaring, a cruel streak shining though.

Mirren struggles to cope with the transformed Jack and new motherhood. Then tragedy strikes and history looks set to repeat itself. Is heartache here to stay or can Mirren find solace and inspiration in the only place she has ever felt truly safe?

The Girl From World's End Reviews

'A beautiful, almost poetically-written tale of love and tragedy in the Yorkshire Dales mainly set during the Second World War. The characters are real flesh and blood and the reader shares their ups and downs with genuine empathy.'

Maureen Lee, author of Kitty and her Sisters

'An epic tale of hardship and tragedy straddling the Second World War'

The Bookseller

'A captivating journey back to the past'.

Closer Magazine

'a warm and enchanting first novel from a writer with an instinctive feel for the northern landscape'

Lancashire Evening Post

About Leah Fleming

Leah Fleming was born in Lancashire of Scottish parents, and is married with four grown-up children and four grandchildren. She writes full-time from a haunted farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales and from the slopes of an olive grove in Crete.

Additional information

GOR003378097
9781847563569
1847563562
The Girl From World's End by Leah Fleming
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
20111024
448
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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