The Canal Boat Girl: A heartwarming novel from the Queen of family saga

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Canal Boat Girl: A heartwarming novel from the Queen of family saga
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sheila Everett
By (author) Sheila Newberry
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreRomance
Historical romance
Sagas
Historical fiction
Local interest, family history and nostalgia
ISBN/Barcode 9781838775636
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Zaffre
Imprint Zaffre
Publication Date 13 May 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Previously published as The Summer Season and The Canal Girl. Wales, 1883. Young Ruth Owen, a talented musician with a scholarship to a prestigious music school, has a sparkling career ahead of her. But after a run-in with her mysterious tutor she flees to London, leaving everything and everyone behind. London, 1897. Fourteen years later, Ruth, now married with two children, finds herself struggling for money and a place to live. Left with no other option, they decide to return to Wales and live on a canal boat. Life on the canals may seem idyllic, but what troubles await her return? And can the past ever truly be forgotten? 'Like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen.' Diane Allen, bestselling author of For the Sake of Her Family

Author Biography

Sheila Newberry was born in Suffolk and spent a lot of time there both before and during the war. She wrote her first 'book' before she was ten - all sixty pages of it - in purple ink. Her family was certainly her inspiration and she was published for most of her adult life. She spent forty years living in Kent with her husband John on a smallholding. She had nine children, twenty-two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Sheila retired back to Suffolk where she lived until her death in 2020.

Reviews

"Like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen." --Diane Allen, bestselling author of For the Sake of Her Family