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‘Our Mary Ann is the final tale in the Kershaw Sisters series. It’s set from 1890 to 1919. I loved writing it, as it spans a period of great change and shows how much women contributed to the Great War on the home front. It’s my daughter’s top favourite among the books I’ve written, and I must confess this heroine made it easy to write, she was so vibrant in my mind right from the start. And of course, before the tale is over, we meet the other Kershaw sisters again.
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Mary Ann is illegitimate and life for the girl in 1905 ishard. It rapidly becomes worse when her new stepfather begins to interfere with her. Sent away at fifteen to bear his child, she meets Gabriel Clough, who helps her escape to Blackpool after the birth. There she works hard and makes a new life for herself. Then the Great War brings her many new opportunities and also brings Gabriel back into her life. But circumstances mean they can’t be together. It’s not until her mother dies that Mary Ann returns to Lancashire, determined to uncover the secrets of her past. Then danger threatens both her and the child she thought she’d lost for ever. Will history repeat itself or will Mary Ann’s courage win her the happiness she deserves? This memorable and poignant tale is a triumphant conclusion to the series of Kershaw sisters’ stories. You can read these books in any order, so if you haven’t read ‘Our Lizzie’, ‘Our Polly’ and ‘Our Eva’, you might like to try them too. |
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‘Our Mary Ann’ is published in hardback in the UK in September 2003 and will appear in March 2004 in paperback (a few weeks later for each in Commonwealth countries). In Australia, buy from the Australian Online Bookshop or elsewhere in the world, buy from Amazon UK. |
| Our Mary Ann © Anna Jacobs 2003 ISBN hardback 0 340 82133 7 paperback 0 340 82136 1 |