A House Divided

byCatherine Cookson

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Her secret could tear their family apart . . .

When Elisabeth Duckworth is charged with the care of blinded soldier Matthew Wallingham, she's determined to bring the light back to his life. Through her kindness and warmth she gradually restores his faith in the future, and soon love blossoms between them, nurtured by their care for one another.

However, when they return to Matthew's family home hoping to marry, they find the house fractured: his father is ill, his mother clearly unhappy, and his brother full of resentment after running the farm alone for so long. Worst of all, though, Matthew's parents are unable to look past Elizabeth's humble upbringing and refuse to accept their marraige.

Elizabeth is desperate to convince Matthew's family that she is not the untrustworthy girl they have made her out to be. But unbeknownst to Matthew, there is a secret hanging over her, one that she must keep hidden. For if it comes out, she's sure that the Wallingham house will be torn apart . . .

About Catherine Cookson

Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, whom she believed to be her older sister. She began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master. Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer - her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 - her readership quickly spread throughout the world, and her many best-selling novels established her as one of the most popular of contemporary women novelists. After receiving an OBE in 1985, Catherine Cookson was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993. She was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997. For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne. She died shortly before her ninety-second birthday, in June 1998.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781804997987
  • Length: 480 pages
  • Dimensions: 197mm x 29mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 336g
  • Price: £8.99
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