Turn Of The Tide

Paperback

Condition: Good

Hugely entertaining family saga set in Blackpool in the world of boarding houses and bookies Rose Bradshaw is clever and brave but none of the boys will look at her -- she has a squint So does her father and it hasn't stopped him from being one of Blackpool's best-known bookies; but who ever heard of a woman doing business at the races? Enter Hettie Miller one-time neighbour of the Bradshaws but now an eligible widow She'll pay for Rose to have her eye fixed but not out of charity She has her own devious reasons for returning to her well-hidden roots Rose blossoms as a beauty and rises in society leaving behind the ambitious boy next door -- who didn't think he cared until too late Then comes World War Two destroying all their plans -- but will it bring opportunites as well? Heartwarming dramatic and full of loveable characters this is for everyone who's ever fallen out or in love with a neighbour or who's ever grasped at an unexpected second chance