Freda Lightfoot Poor House Lane and Salford Saga 7 Books Collection Set Paperback

Titles in This Set :. The Castlefield Collector. The Girl From Poor House Lane. The Child from Nowhere. The Woman from Heartbreak House. Ruby McBride. Dancing on Deansgate. The Favourite Child. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN:  ‎ 9789123968695. The Castlefield Collector:. Where there's muck, there's mettle... Dolly Tomkins has always known what it is to live hand to mouth. In the mean streets of a Salford struggling under the mantle of the Great Depression, the only one making a decent living is the talleyman.. The Girl From Poor House Lane:. In the first years of the twentieth century, the slums of Poor House Lane are no place to bring up a child, and Kate O'Connor struggles to make ends meet when her beloved husband is killed.. The Child from Nowhere:. Kate finds herself back in Poor House Lane with some heartrending decisions to be made, not least how to find her missing son.. The Woman from Heartbreak House:. It tears Kate apart to see such strife between the two men she loves most. And her sister-in-law seems determined to stir up the animosity in order to benefit her own son.. Ruby McBride:. Where there's a rulebook, there's a rebel... Ruby McBride has always been on the wrong side of authority. The grand opening of the Manchester Ship Canal is set to be a day of unfettered festivity for Ruby and her younger sister and brother.. Dancing on Deansgate:. Where there's community, there's courage... Jess Delaney has always longed for independence. But when the Blitz reaches Manchester, she is locked in the cellar by her feckless mother, Lizzie.. The Favourite Child:. Where there's daring, there's danger... Isabella Ashton has always been her father's favourite, but when she gets involved with the new Birth Control Movement, he is scandalised.. About the Author :. Born in Lancashire, Freda Lightfoot has been a teacher and a bookseller, and in a mad moment even tried her hand at the 'good life'. Inspired by this tough life on the fells, memories of her Lancashire childhood, and her passion for history, she has published forty-five historical novels including many bestselling family sagas and historical fiction. Freda has lived in the Lake District and Cornwall, but now spends her winters in Spain and the rainy summers in the UK. For more information about Freda, visit her website: www.fredalightfoot.co.uk