Product Description

Despite a deathbed warning from her beloved mother, Phoebe Mulligan has no choice but to throw herself on the mercy of her uncle, Edward. Wrenched from all she holds dear, the tragic young girl is delivered to Blackburn town, where she must live in a household terrorised by the cold, forbidding presence of her mother’s brother. Phoebe cannot understand why she is treated so harshly by Edward Dickens. She is not to know the guilty secret that lies in his past, a secret that casts a sinister shadow over his feelings for his lovely niece...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91744 in Books
• Published on: 1993-09-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages

About the Author
Born in Blackburn and now living in Milton Keynes, Josephine Cox is widely recognised for her authorship of immensely popular North Country sagas

Customer Reviews

Jessica's Girl
I would really have 3 1/2 stars but it wouln't let me - haha Ne way, I think this book was a great book. It was full of surprises and the twist was quite grose and werid but amazing! I really liked how it all turned out in the end. It follows the fortunes of an East End girl who, on the death of her mother, goes to Blackburn to live with her uncle's family and has to cope with his cruelty to her. ‘Jessica’s Girl’ by Josephine Cox made me upset and also lucky to have grown up knowing both my parents. This novel was set in the early 1900’s where women were of lower class and less opportunities. Being female myself I am pleased that times have changed and that women (altho i'm not a sexist) do count for something more than just to have children all there lives!!!!!!!Have fun reading this awes book