title: Proud Mary
author: Gower, Iris
description: Mary Jenkins has every reason to be proud: from humble beginnings she has risen to become overseer in the Canal Street laundry.
  
  But when Bill Gray, her sweetheart is imprisoned for a murder he swears he didn't commit, her world becomes a frightening and complicated place, torn by feuding and violence.
  
  Mary, determined to be her own woman and rebuild her shatter life follows a path that most women would fear to tread.
  
  A fetching tale told with expert craftsmanship.