The Carpenter's Wife

"A deeply moving family saga." BOOKS BY MAIL 1865: Mary Moore must leave her cottage after her husband, John, a shepherd, dies from pneumonia. Pregnant and with two young children to care for, Mary moves back to her mother's in Yarnscombe. She makes friends with the wife of the village carpenter, Jane Dark, who is pregnant with her eleventh child. Mary's son is born healthy, but Jane's child is stillborn and she dies heartbroken. Desperate for a new wife to care for his ten surviving children, Jane's husband, Reuben, passionately proposes marriage to Mary. But should she take on such a daunting challenge? Can she ever love another man?


Genre: Romance