The Good Provider (Nicholson Quartet #1)

Synopsis

The Good Provider is the first novel in an exciting new trilogy by Jessica Stirling. Set in Glasgow, Scotland, at the turn of the century, it tells the story of Kirsty Barnes and Craig Nicholson as they struggle to find security and happiness in the cruel world of Glasgow's back streets. Kirsty--an "orphan brat"--escapes from her life as a servant on a remote Scottish farm to be with her childhood sweetheart, Craig Nicholson. Defying Craig's possessive mother, they travel to Glasgow; with little money, and still strangers to each other, they set up together in a "marriage" that is never made legal. Befriended by Mrs. Frew, a prim widow who keeps a boardinghouse for clergymen, Craig and Kirsty soon find work in the city. But Craig is impatient for success, and his ambition gets the best of him as he falls in with a gang of thieves led by the vicious Danny Malone. As Craig sinks into a life of drink and crime, Kirsty blossoms through her friendship with Nessie Frew--and a meeting with a handsome young medical missionary named David Lockhart. Kirsty feels bound by loyalty to Craig, despite his failings as a husband, but she cannot control her growing love for David. With the police hot on Malone's trail, Craig is offered one last chance to free himself from the web of deceit he has spun; in the balance hang both his own future--and Kirsty's hopes for a better life. In this compelling novel Jessica Stirling takes us behind the stately facade of Edwardian Scotland into a bleak and impoverished world--and finds the origins of a marriage that even tragedy cannot quite destroy. There are several brilliantly rendered historical romances by Jessica Stirling set primarily in rural and metropolitan Ireland, Scotland, England and France. They abound with well researched, lavish detail and complex characters. They illuminate the industries, occupations and lifestyles of the rich and poor including sheep and cattle farming, housekeeping, fishing, mining, carting, performance arts, law, antique dealing, domestic service, banking and medicine

Copyright:

1988

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

352 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780312025809

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press

Date of Addition:

08/21/15

Copyrighted By:

Jessica Stirling

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family

Submitted By:

Sandra Ryan

Proofread By:

Lissi

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.