And whatever else happened, she clung to a scrap of philosophy that carried her through the bitter struggles of her new life. A young woman, barely out of girlhood yet, poor, in need of care and support herself - takes life and responsibility for her fragile younger sister, and works hard to support the two of them, and face life as best as she can. I liked the picture I saw of life of a young poor and uneducated woman who had so few choices in life at that time and the heart of a loving and dedicated individual who tried too please and make happy all she came in contact with, I looked forward to knowing the ending but hated for it to end.

He takes a shine to Emily, like every other male in this entire series, and of course they keep running into each other. A throughly enjoyable book that will remind us how utterly important is to love life despite hardship, sorrow or pain. Catherine wrote her first short story, "The Wild Irish Girl," at the age of eleven and sent it to the South Shields Gazette, which sent it back in three days. She worked her ass off in The Forsyte Saga, and I really love the sort-of-documentary biopic she did on BBC, and — she’s not the poor soul who played Cissie Brodie, is what I’m saying.A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce.

Emily Kennedy loves her life as the maid for the McGilby family, but when tragedy strikes, and the family dies, Emily must take her younger sister with her and find another job.Read all Tide of Life follows the fortunes of young housekeeper, Emily Kennedy, as she learns about relationships with three very different men. Between the two efforts, I managed to watch all the Catherine Cookson films many, many times and am sure that it prepped me for her novels.