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A Matter of Mischief by Evelyn Hood (Paperback, 2012)

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It was in the middle of a street fight during the dismal winter of 1775 that Margaret Kx first spotted Islay McInnes, a Highland girl struggling to make a living for herself and her dependants among the Paisley slums. At sixteen, Islay is already the head of her household and Margaret - a charity worker and teacher at the local school - sees it as her Christian duty to ease the unfortunate girl's plight. Margaret finds new accommodation for Islay above the shop of her friend Jamie Todd, but soon, as well as dramatically changing Islay's and Jamie's life, Margaret's benevolent spirit brings confrontation into her marriage. Her husband Gavin is a well-respected surgeon, and though they share a deep concern for the health of the community, Margaret does all she can to prevent her beloved husband intervening in God's work. For Gavin desperately seeks a cure for the pox that threatens t just the poor children of Paisley but also his own...

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Publisher
Sphere, Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN-10
0751550981
ISBN-13
9780751550986
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117462574

Product Key Features

Author
Evelyn Hood
Format
A-Format Paperback, Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
London
Author Biography
Author of 28 published novels, Evelyn Hood has had a variety of jobs, including being a journalist and a poultry farmer. She is now a full time writer, best known for her family sagas, set mainly in her home town of Paisley (Renfrewshire) and on the Clyde coast, where she now lives. Evelyn has also written several one-act stage plays, which are regularly performed all over the world, as well as short stories, pantomimes and children's musicals.
Out-Of-Print Date
14/05/2016
Date of Publication
12/07/2012
Country of Publication
United Kingdom

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