Product Description

At twelve, she stood by her mother's grave on a bleak Yorkshire moor. Life, as the daughter of a Victorian millhand, had never been easy, but now she was mother and housekeeper both to the little family left behind. As one tribulation after another beset her life, so a longing, a determination grew - to venture out into a new world of independence and adventure, and when the chance came she seized it. America, even on the brink of civil war, was to offer a challenge that Ruth was ready to accept, and a love, not easy, but glorious and triumphant. This is a giant of a book - about a woman who gave herself unstintingly - in love, in war, in the embracing of a new life in a vibrant land.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #132446 in Books
• Published on: 1987-01-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 685 pages

Customer Reviews

The best of many of Elvi Rhodes's books
I read this book many years ago but the memory of it stays with me - I was 'in' the story from start to finish and felt almost a loss when I finished reading it. I was with Ruth from her beginnings in the wilds of Yorkshire, on her eventful journey to the USA and after that shared her many enterprises, her disappointments and her passions. This is a book of great atmosphere. I have read her subsequent books each year all of which were beautifully written and am looking forward to reading her latest book 'Midsummer Meeting' which I have ready at my bedside table. I am sure I shall not be disappointed. May she continue to entertain us for many years to come.