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A superb saga from Sunday Times bestselling author Evelyn Hood.
‘Scotland’s Catherine Cookson’ Scots Magazine
‘Hood is immaculate in her historical detail’ Herald
‘Evelyn Hood is a fantastic writer, bringing the past to life and drawing you right into the story’ ***** Reader Review
Following her husband Kenneth McAdam’s suicide, Isla meets his daughter by his first marriage, and finds that Kenneth had never divorced his first wife.
Left with nothing, Isla and her two young children move to a seedy tenement building and she sets about improving it – and herself.
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