Author: Nancy Livingston
Publisher: Little Brown GBR
ISBN: 9780316858236
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Christmas, 1912. McKies' department store glows with festive Paisley colours. Behind the scenes, the family prepares for Christmas. Luke McKie has chosen a hard road - to qualify as a doctor. But his achievement will fulfil the cruelly thwarted ambitions of his father. His welcome home from college could not be warmer. Heartsick with calf love for her cousin Luke, Jane dreams of greasepaint and curtain calls...but Charlotte McKie is determined no daughter of hers will appear half-clothed dancing on the stage! Then comes 1914. Luke and Jane, like all their generation, have to grow up fast, their innocence lost to the tragic realities of the Western Front. With warmth and humour Nancy Livingston tells their story, creating a truly compellling saga of heartbreak and courage.