Wednesday’s child is full of woe…
Nuneaton, 1864
When Nessie Carson’s mother is killed and her father abandons them sixteen year old Nessie is determined to keep her family together. Coping with her flighty sister Marcie and fragile baby brother Joseph is not easy, and with lecherous landlord Seth Grimshaw waiting for Nessie to default on the rent things are looking bleak. But Nessie is determined to keep the promise she made to her mother.
Along with her older brother, Reuben she finds a live-in position with the local undertaker, Andre Chevalier and things are finally looking up for the family. Joseph’s health deteriorates and Nessie meets newly qualified doctor, Oliver Dorsey. Although she is attracted to him she knows they can never be together.
But even in the darkest of times and saddest of places Nessie finds love, light and hope.
Nessie is a feisty, resourceful heroine in the best traditions of saga telling, filled with plot twists and turns, and larger than life characters.
This will delight fans of Rosie Goodwin. Another heartwarming and uplifting read and one for the Christmas stocking – if you can wait that long.
The Blessed Child is the fourth book in the Days of the Week series inspired by the Victorian Rhyme.
Rosie Goodwin is the million copy best selling author of more than thirty novels. She is one of the top 50 most borrowed authors from UK libraries.
The Blessed Child is published by Bonnier Zaffre
Hardback RRP £12.99