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With all her signature warmth, wonderful characters and unforgettable drama, start this brand new chapter in the storytelling of Rosie Goodwin, Britain's best-loved saga author.

1850. When Opal Sharp finds herself and her younger siblings suddenly orphaned and destitute, she thinks things can get no worse.

But soon three of them - including Opal - are struck down with the illness that took their father from them, and her brother Charlie is forced to make an impossible decision. Unable to afford a doctor, he knows the younger children will not survive. So, unbeknownst to Opal, Charlie takes their younger siblings to the workhouse, where he knows they will at least be fed and have a roof over their heads.

Opal is heartbroken and struggles to forgive him. Charlie, in turn, takes bigger and bigger risks to try to support what's left of the Sharp family and earn Opal's forgiveness - but he takes it too far and finds himself in trouble with the law. Soon, he is sent on a convict ship to Australia.

As poor Opal is forced to say goodbye to the final member of her family, she makes a promise to reunite them all one day.

Will Opal ever see her family again?

©2020 Rosie Goodwin (P)2023 W F Howes Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Victorian Heartfelt
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I like to read a book at night that isn’t scary and this was just the thing, it is also a good story.

Good light reading

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what a wonderful story from start to finish .How things come together in the end for the family .

winter promise

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when Charlie put the youngest two children into the workhouse it sent him and opal on a live off change

when opal losses her parents her world changes

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I did enjoy the book. Love listening to how people lived many years ago and how difficult it was for so many.
I really didn’t like the narration. I found the storytellers voice irritating at times. She has a habit of holding onto the last word in the sentence, extending the letter…

Enjoyed the story

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I loved the whole story, the narrator and the happy ending. I cannot wait to start another book

Lovely

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