Ada Gantry was born in the Portswood slums to a beloved father crippled at work and saw her embittered mother constantly humiliating him with her sharp tongue. Ada falls in love with Clem Hargreaves, a young man also from the slums whom her mother strongly disapproves of, and fate plays a cruel hand when a tragic accident occurs.
Ada’s strength and determination pulls her through and together they work hard to achieve their ambition of owning their own successful pub, The Sixpenny Winner.
However when two brothers join them to help with the heavy work, Ada soon realises that her family is being torn apart and discovers evil and revenge of a kind she has not encountered before where all their lives, including those of her two daughters, can never be the same again.
Dramatic, heartbreaking and heart-warming, betrayals and full of passion, The Sixpenny Winner is the best yet from Alexandra Connor.
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'It's the most notorious pub in Stockport'
Ada Hargreaves is a tough woman, which is just as well – she's needed to be. Born in the Portswood slums, she and her husband have worked hard to raise their own family in better conditions. When they take over the local pub, their ambitions seem realised – but not for long...
As World War Two looms, a stranger comes to the door. He's the estranged brother of the barman. Although Ada senses that the newcomer is no replacement for the reliable Doug, labour is hard to find, and, fatally, she doesn't heed her instincts. It's a dangerous mistake. For Ada, for her daughters, and for the family that comes to seek refuge with them. Only one thing's for sure: it will give Stockport a scandal to last for years.
'Dramatic, witty, heartbreaking and heartwarming, 'The Sixpenny Winner' is the best yet from Alexandra Connor.'
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