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A Mother’s Dilemma

By: Emma Hornby
Narrated by: Julia Frankin
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Gritty historical saga set in Northern England in the late 1800s, for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin.

Minnie Maddox cares deeply for mothers and their babies – she makes a living by taking in unwanted children and finding them good adoptive homes – and is delighted for her neighbour when she finally becomes a mother after decades of trying. But when the baby dies of natural causes while under her roof, and knowing her neighbour will be devastated, Minnie swaps it with one of the infants in her care.

Now seventeen, Jewel Nightingale knows nothing of her true origins. But assaulted by her hateful cousin and making the dreadful discovery that she is pregnant, she faces a desperate dilemma. Fleeing her job as a domestic maid, she follows an advertisement to a house in Bolton's dark slums, where a woman promises to help her when the child is born. Little does Jewel know that there’s a terrible price to pay . . .

Can she keep herself – and her baby – safe? And what will happen when Jewel discovers the truth about where she came from?

©2019 Emma Hornby (P)2019 Penguin Audio Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance
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Twists and turns, couldn’t stop listening, throughly enjoyed. Will buy more from this author. Excellent.

















Excellent story

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absolutely the best book I've read so far. The story line is so sad but so good at the same time and you can't help but keep going.

brilliant book.

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I couldn't understand a word the narrator was saying, it spoiled the story for me, I could even finish listening to it, it was a waste of money.

The awful narrator

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