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The canal boat girl / Sheila Newberry.

Wales, 1883. Young Ruth Owen, a talented musician with a scholarship to a prestigious music school, has a sparkling career ahead of her. But after a run-in with her mysterious tutor she flees to London, leaving everything and everyone behind. London, 1897. Fourteen years later, Ruth, now married with two children, finds herself struggling for money and a place to live. Left with no other option, they decide to return to Wales and live on a canal boat. Life on the canals may seem idyllic, but what troubles await her return? And can the past ever truly be forgotten?

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C9009062180 LP NEW
Large print   City Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781004057764
Author Newberry, Sheila author.
Title The canal boat girl / Sheila Newberry.
Edition Large print edition.
Published Rearsby, Leicester : WF Howes Ltd, 2021.
Physical description 358 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
General note Standard print edition originally published: as The summer season. Sutton: Severn House, 2000.
Summary Wales, 1883. Young Ruth Owen, a talented musician with a scholarship to a prestigious music school, has a sparkling career ahead of her. But after a run-in with her mysterious tutor she flees to London, leaving everything and everyone behind. London, 1897. Fourteen years later, Ruth, now married with two children, finds herself struggling for money and a place to live. Left with no other option, they decide to return to Wales and live on a canal boat. Life on the canals may seem idyllic, but what troubles await her return? And can the past ever truly be forgotten?
Subject Canal-boats -- Wales -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Large type books
Romance fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
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