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Glasgow, 1820.
With her mother dead and her father a hopeless drunk, Etta Gorton slaves away every day in a factory to feed her younger siblings.
Forced to stand on her own two feet she has grown up fiercely independent.
So she finds it hard to fit in with a Scotland that sees women as subservient to men.
In a moment of anger she declares she will belong to 'no man'. And this angry outburst leads to her being stalked and assaulted by one of the men she challenged.
Disgusted with her body and left with the growing shame of an unwanted pregnancy she is tempted to end it all by jumping into the River Clyde.
But as she gazes into the water she catches a glimpse of Better Days to Come...
Can Etta push past the limitations of her sex to create a new life for herself?
Or is she too far ahead of her time?
'A moving story of hard and tough times.' - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.
Jenny Chaplin is a well known writer to loyal readers worldwide for her books on Scottish social history and for her articles in the Scots Magazine and the Scottish Banner. Her novels include 'Fortunes of the Heart', 'In Loving Memory' and 'Hopes and Sorrow'.
Genre: Historical Romance
With her mother dead and her father a hopeless drunk, Etta Gorton slaves away every day in a factory to feed her younger siblings.
Forced to stand on her own two feet she has grown up fiercely independent.
So she finds it hard to fit in with a Scotland that sees women as subservient to men.
In a moment of anger she declares she will belong to 'no man'. And this angry outburst leads to her being stalked and assaulted by one of the men she challenged.
Disgusted with her body and left with the growing shame of an unwanted pregnancy she is tempted to end it all by jumping into the River Clyde.
But as she gazes into the water she catches a glimpse of Better Days to Come...
Can Etta push past the limitations of her sex to create a new life for herself?
Or is she too far ahead of her time?
'A moving story of hard and tough times.' - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.
Jenny Chaplin is a well known writer to loyal readers worldwide for her books on Scottish social history and for her articles in the Scots Magazine and the Scottish Banner. Her novels include 'Fortunes of the Heart', 'In Loving Memory' and 'Hopes and Sorrow'.
Genre: Historical Romance
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