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The Giveaway Girl
Joy’s world is turned upside down when she discovers she was given away as a newborn. She runs away from her home in Australia to go in search of her birth family in Northumberland, England.
Coming face-to-face with the Kelly family ignites Joy’s envy of her sister, Rose, and she plunges into a tailspin of mistakes and heartache.
Joy’s trouble-strewn journey is set in the sixties, a time of freedom and promise. She sees that popular culture and attitudes are changing, yet she still hides the shame of being the giveaway girl.
What will it take for her to accept the events of the past, come to understand the meaning of love and discover her true worth?
Coming face-to-face with the Kelly family ignites Joy’s envy of her sister, Rose, and she plunges into a tailspin of mistakes and heartache.
Joy’s trouble-strewn journey is set in the sixties, a time of freedom and promise. She sees that popular culture and attitudes are changing, yet she still hides the shame of being the giveaway girl.
What will it take for her to accept the events of the past, come to understand the meaning of love and discover her true worth?
328 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 29, 2024
About the author
Chrissie Bradshaw
6 books11 followersChrissie, the 2016 winner of the Romantic Novelists' Elizabeth Goudge writing trophy, has published four novels and a novella.
Her latest is a compelling family saga, ROSE’S EVER AFTER. This is the second book in ‘The Colliery Rows’ series and follows on from ROSE’S CHOICE.
There is a spin off novella , THE UNWELCOME ANGEL that tells the story of the winter of 1944 in more detail.
A JARFUL of MOONDREAMS is a contemporary story about family relationships, secrets and how dreams can come true, and THE BARN OF BURIED DREAMS is her second contemporary story about two sisters who are struggling after the death of their mother. Both are available as ebooks and paperbacks on Amazon.
Chrissie has always loved match-making a book to a reader. Writing the kind of book she loves to read takes this a step further. When she is not writing or reading, you will find Chrissie walking Oscar, her Welsh Terrier, on the beach, trying to avoid the gym and spending time with her family and friends.
Her latest is a compelling family saga, ROSE’S EVER AFTER. This is the second book in ‘The Colliery Rows’ series and follows on from ROSE’S CHOICE.
There is a spin off novella , THE UNWELCOME ANGEL that tells the story of the winter of 1944 in more detail.
A JARFUL of MOONDREAMS is a contemporary story about family relationships, secrets and how dreams can come true, and THE BARN OF BURIED DREAMS is her second contemporary story about two sisters who are struggling after the death of their mother. Both are available as ebooks and paperbacks on Amazon.
Chrissie has always loved match-making a book to a reader. Writing the kind of book she loves to read takes this a step further. When she is not writing or reading, you will find Chrissie walking Oscar, her Welsh Terrier, on the beach, trying to avoid the gym and spending time with her family and friends.
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