The Shoemaker's Daughter - Hardcover

Gower, Iris

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ISBN 10: 059302138X ISBN 13: 9780593021385

Publisher: Bantam Press, 1991

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The story of two very different women, and their lifetime of friendship, hatred and rivalry. Hari Morgan was left nothing by her father except a talent for shoemaking, while Emily Grenfell is the spoilt daughter of the richest man in Cardiff. Unfortunately, they both fall in love with the same man.

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Book Description:

The first book in Iris Gower's enthralling series, The Cordwainers.

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When Hari Morgan's father died, he left her nothing but an ailing mother and the tools of his shoemaking business. But what he also passed on to his daughter was a rare and unusual gift - that of designing and making shoes that were stylish and different. One of the first to realise this was Emily Grenfell, spoilt, pettish daughter of Thomas Grenfell, one of the richest men in Swansea. Emily, who resented the beauty and courage of Hari Morgan, nonetheless was delighted with the dancing slippers she made for her debut at the Race Ball, one of the grandest events of the year. It was to be the beginning of a lifetime of friendship, hatred and rivalry between the two girls for, as Hari's business and fame began to grow, so did Emily's fortune began to decline.

And between the two girls lay an even deeper tension, for Emily was about to be betrothed to her cousin, Craig Grenfell, a man whom Hari could not help loving and wanting for herself, a man who finally betrayed her. From then on, Hari was determined that nothing and no-one would prevent her rise to a triumphant success.

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