A Change of Fortune - Softcover

Matthews, Beryl

4.35

103 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141014725 ISBN 13: 9780141014722

Publisher: Penguin, 2004

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Can a girl hide from her destiny? When Eugenie Winford is removed suddenly from her boarding school, she has no idea of the horrors awaiting her at home. For her beloved father has killed himself having lost his fortune in the Wall Street Crash. And now Eugenie and her proud, spoilt mother, are ruined.

Eugenie finds a job as a house-maid for the Stannard family. Anything is better than what her mother has planned for her, and she finds the hard work and long hours a good distraction from her pain. But eventually her past catches up with her and Jen has to flee again. She ends up in Lambeth, taken in by a poor but very kind family, and together, they face the hardship of the depression. But unbeknown to Jen she is being hunted both by her greedy, manipulative blood family, and by the son of the wealthy, kindly, Stannard family. Once again, the coin is spinning - but this time, how will it land?

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:

Beryl Matthews joined a writers' group when she retired seven years ago and started working on her own novel. The result was The Open Door (Penguin 2002), based very loosely on her mother's early life. Her second novel Wings of the Morning is also published by Penguin.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.