The Child from Nowhere by Freda Lightfoot
As the Great War looms, will the women of Kendal rise to meet the challenge?After giving birth to her daughter, Kate O'Connor finds herself back in Poor House Lane with some momentous decisions to make.
Faced with the opportunity to move out of the slums, she invests her unexpected fortune in a new shoe factory to challenge Eliot Tyson's monopoly over the workforce, regardless of whether or not he is the father of her children.
But nothing is ever that simple, especially when old enemies and estranged relatives return to thwart her every scheme
The second, moving instalment in The Poor House Lane Sagas, The Child From Nowhere is a wartime saga perfect for fans of Val Wood and Katie Flynn
Sunday Times bestselling author Freda Lightfoot was born in Lancashire. She was a teacher, a bookseller in the Lake District, then a smallholder and began her writing career publishing short stories and articles before finding her vocation as a novelist. She published over fifty novels, mostly sagas and historical fiction. She died in 2025 aged 83, leaving a legacy of books that continue to be enjoyed by thousands of readers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788633956 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788633954 |
| Title | The Child from Nowhere |
| Author | Freda Lightfoot |
| Series | The Poor House Lane Sagas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canelo |
| Year published | 2019-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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