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Salem Street: Book One in the brilliantly heartwarming Gibson Family Saga
Anna Jacobs
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The first book in the heartwarming Gibson series by beloved saga author Anna Jacobs.
In 1820 Salem Street is sparkling and new: eight small terraced houses built by a Lancashire mill owner for his best workers. Annie Gibson's family is one of the first to move in - a step up in the world for them. But when her mother dies, Annie's happy childhood ends and she is left to bring up her brother and sister.
Red-haired, intelligent and startlingly pretty, Annie soon finds herself banished from home by a jealous stepmother. She finds work in the local doctor's household where she learns about the fascinating world outside Salem Street. And when her adored childhood friend Matt asks her to marry him, Annie thikns her dreams are coming true.
But suddenly everything turns upside-down. Abandoned and pregant, Annie returns to Salem Street, where an unexpected offer gives her independence. One day, she vows, she will move into the wider world again. One day...
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Praise for Salem Street: Book One in the brilliantly heartwarming Gibson Family Saga
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Praise for Anna Jacobs: 'Catherine Cookson fans will cheer!' - Peterborough Evening TelegraphAnna Jacobs' books are deservedly popular. She is one of the best writers of Lancashire sagas around. - Historical Novels ReviewAn exciting book of immensely brilliant character portrayal and a great storyline - Bangor Chronicle on OUR EVAAnother cracking read with a vivid insight into family relationships - Coventry Evening Telegraph on OUR EVAOnce again you have given us a story that has me hooked from the first page to the last. The characters are so alive that I am loath to call them characters, they are people - so real that you almost feel for them - Reader from Scotland on OUR MARY ANN
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