Daisychain Summer - Softcover

Elgin, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006478875 ISBN 13: 9780006478874

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2010

Synopsis

The sequel to 'I'll Bring You Buttercups'. Daisy is born in 1920, the daughter of gamekeeper Tom and Alice, once a servant whose life has been rocked by the aristocratic Suttons. Now they return to Yorkshire, where the secret sins of one generation will taint the next.

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From the Back Cover:

WITH PAIN COMES JOY

the legacy of the Great War has haunted and changed the lives of both Upstairs and Downstairs society. For spirited and resourceful Alice Hawthorne, ex-sewing-maid, ex-Lady Sutton and now happily married to gamekeeper Tom Dwerryhouse, fortune shines on that union and brings forth an adorable daughter, Daisy. But will the complex life of her mother affect Daisy's future?

WHEN OLD WAYS GIVE WAY TO NEW

Brilliantined bounder Elliot Sutton has been ordered to mend his wayward ways by his dominant mother, Clementina. Will marriage to Anna Petrovska, the beautiful Russian aristocrat, produce a much needed Pendenys heir? And will dignified and genteel Julia Sutton pick up the pieces of her shattered life?

THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

Now there's a new generation of Suttons who must look life in the eye. Will the sins of one generation be visited upon by the next?

About the Author:

Elizabeth Elgin served in the WRNS during the Second World War. She met her husband on board a submarine depot ship. A keen gardener, she had two daughters, five grandsons and a great-granddaughter. She lived in a village in the Vale of York until her death in 2005.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0006478875
• ISBN 13: 9780006478874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672