A Change of Fortune by Beryl Matthews

by Beryl Matthews

Can a girl hide from her destiny? Eugenie Winford is devastated when her beloved father commits suicide, having lost his fortune in the Wall Street Crash. Now Eugenie and her proud, spoilt mother are ruined. Eugenie changes her name and goes into hiding as a housemaid for the Stannard family - anything is better than what her mother has planned for her. But her real identity is soon revealed and Jen has to flee again. She ends up in Lambeth, with a poor but good family, and together they face the hardships of the Depression. But unbeknown to Jen, she is being hunted both by her greedy, manipulative blood family and by the son of the kindly Stannard family. Who will find her first? A warm, uplifting tale of a woman who loses everything, but finds warmth, security and love beyond her wildest dreams in her new life of poverty.

Paperback

First published September 2, 2004

Reviews

[Yvonne Walton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dieselblackcat

All I can say is brilliant, brilliant and even more. It’s one of her better books if that is all possible as all her books would come under this heading. I could put this down and in the end stay up till 2 am to finish reading it. Now it’s so hard to get out of bed at 6-30.

[Nicola Terry]

A good read

[Isabella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read although a little unbelievable at times

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a good book, one or two moments where it dragged slightly but quickly picked up.