Chasing the Dream
Chasing the Dream
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Haunted by childhood poverty and eviction, Millie sees security with dashing Dan Nixon, who pursues his dream of playing professional football to escape the hardship and dangers of the mines and for a while it seems their dreams will come true. But when tragedy strikes and a terrible long-kept secret is exposed, Millie is tested to the limit.
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Chasing the Dream by Janet Macleod Trotter
1920: Millie escapes the bleak pit village of Craston and eviction when her mother poses as a widow to start a new life running the station hotel in Ashborough. Haunted by childhood poverty Millie sees security and happiness in the form of handsome but wayward Dan Nixon. Dan pursues his own dream of playing professional football as a means of escaping the hardship and dangers of the mines and for a while it seems their dreams will come true. But as tragedy strikes, Millie's dreams begin to unravel and when a terrible, long-kept secret is exposed, her endurance is tested to the limit. Passionate, dramatic, and spanning the 1920s to the 1950s, Chasing the Dream is a compelling story about the cost of ambition and the sacrifices we make for love, with a wonderfully warm and compassionate heroine.
"Janet's picture of life in a North-East pit village between the wars springs from the canvasIt's spot on! Her characters are caught in the twists and turns of a lively plot. The story gallops along and keeps you guessing right to the end." The Newcastle Journal "Tales of war heroism and lies spice up a compelling novel." The Sunderland Echo
Janet MacLeod Trotter was brought up in the North East of England with her four brothers, by Scottish parents. She is a best-selling author of 16 novels, including the hugely popular Jarrow Trilogy, and a childhood memoir, BEATLES & CHIEFS, which was featured on BBC Radio Four. Her novel, THE HUNGRY HILLS, gained her a place on the shortlist of The Sunday Times' Young Writers' Award, and the TEA PLANTER'S DAUGHTER was longlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel Award. A graduate of Edinburgh University, she has been editor of the Clan MacLeod Magazine, a columnist on the Newcastle Journal and has had numerous short stories published in women's magazines. She lives in the North of England with her husband, daughter and son. Find out more about Janet and her other popular novels at: www.janetmacleodtrotter.com
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781908359315 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908359315 |
| Titre | Chasing the Dream |
| Auteur | Janet Macleod Trotter |
| Série | The Tyneside Sagas |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | MacLeod Trotter Books |
| Année de publication | 2012-11-14 |
| Nombre de pages | 244 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |