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Only after returning from his funeral did Fiona Bailey realize how much she would miss Davey. Towards the end of his life she had discovered qualities about him she had previously overlooked.

A novel about an easy going farmer in the North of England, his disastrous marriage and his ordeal in World War One.

Set in the depressed areas of Tyneside during and after World War One, this novel highlights the difficulties experienced by participants of mixed marriages.

Set in industrial Tyneside in the 1970's. Jinny, at 21, seems to have become a general dogsbody in both her working and private life, but suddenly circumstances begin to change.

Arriving in late 19th-century China with her missionary parents, Pearl Buck is soon fascinated by her new home and strikes up a friendship with a young Chinese girl named Willow.

Late 19th-century China is a tumultuous land beset by warring enemies--both from beyond its borders and within the fabled walls of the Forbidden City.

Traces the author's journey from the painful deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the United States, where she endured five jobs, crime, and a painful marriage before the birth of a