To be a fine lady
By: Elizabeth Jeffrey
Publisher: Piatkus
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780749958091
Subjects: Life change events; Abandoned children; Social classes; Historical fiction; Young women; Courtship; Fiction; History
Description: Domestic fiction. Abandoned as a baby, Joanna was brought up by the cruel farmer who found her and put to work on his land as soon as she could walk. Despite such hardship, Jo still keeps her spirits up, strengthened by the knowledge that she was discovered in a luxurious blue velvet cloak--evidence that her true mother must have been a fine lady. When successful factory owner Abraham Silkin decides that she has the potential to make him a good wife, Jo believes that her dreams of living in splendour are finally coming true. But she hasn't bargained on her forbidden attraction to Abraham's godson. Nor does she realise that the truth about her family lurks just around the corner--and is getting ready to reveal itself on the most important day of her life.
Notes: Originally published: London: Inner Circle, 2000.