One perfect family
Jacobs, Anna
1941-
creator
author.
text
novel
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
enk
2019
2019
monographic
eng
vii, 352 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.
Lancashire, 1934. When Tam Crawford is unexpectedly bequeathed some money, he can finally realise his dream of settling down in the beautiful village of Ellindale. Tam knows he can be impulsive - his nickname isn't Crazy Tam for nothing! - but this time he is determined not to be ruled by his big heart and hot head. Yet somehow, within just one day, he has taken on a fiancee and two children to keep them out of the poorhouse - or worse. Despite their unconventional start, as Tam and his new family get to know and love each other, they come to realise that his act of charity is the best thing that could have happened to all of them. But there are still problems and they struggle to find somewhere to live. Tam and his makeshift family are not the only ones facing difficulties. Local benefactor Finn Carlisle's attempts to help the unemployed are being sabotaged by an unscrupulous local councillor, and Tam's cousin-by-marriage Hilda Kerkham has been widowed and is struggling even to feed her son. Will the people of Ellindale be able to help one another in these hard times?
adult
Anna Jacobs.
Families
Fiction
Inheritance and succession
Fiction
Villages
Social aspects
Fiction
Nineteen thirties
Fiction
Lancashire (England)
Social conditions
20th century
Fiction
A823.4
823.92
Ellindale saga ; book 4
Jacobs, Anna
1941-
author.
9781473673274
SALS
190320
20190405132224.0
000065112789
eng