A Mother's Sacrifice

by Jennie Felton

'Jennie Felton knows how to tell a cracking story and keep the reader gripped... if you enjoy reading books in the style of Catherine Cookson then this one is for you' Books With Wine and Chocolate'Another superbly woven and character-rich story from a saga author who writes from the heart' Peterborough Telegraph'Packed full of Jennie's signature strong heroines, this book will keep you guessing' MNR JournalIn the grand tradition of Josephine Cox, Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, comes a powerfully heartrending new saga from Jennie Felton, 'one of the nation's favourite saga writers' (Lancashire Post). A Mother's Sacrifice is a story of family secrets, romance, and triumph in adversity.................................................................................Will she be able to save her children? Martha Packer is much loved by everyone in the village of Hillsbridge. As the landlady of The Three Feathers, she runs a respectable establishment and is known for her generosity and care for her family and others around her - she even took in two orphan girls to save them from a life of cruelty in the workhouse. So when Martha announces that she has killed her son, Garth, the community is shocked. Garth was undoubtedly a bad seed, but they knew how much Martha adored her first-born. What could have driven her to such extreme actions?Martha refuses to give a reason, but her other children cannot believe their mother is capable of murder. They begin to believe that she is protecting someone - maybe even one of them... ................................................................................For more heartwrenching, heartwarming saga, look out for The Stolen Child, out now! And don't miss Jennie's Families of Fairley Terrace series, which began with Maggie's story in All The Dark Secrets and continued with Lucy's story in The Miner's Daughter, Edie's story in The Girl Below Stairs, Carina's story in The Widow's Promise and Laurel's story in The Sister's Secret.

Genres: Fiction

446 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 3, 2020

Reviews

[Layla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kept picking this up a few times couldn’t get into it.

[Booklover BEV · Rating 5 out of 5]

1896 St Peters Workhouse, sisters Ella and Jeannie separated from their mother who is ill in the infirmary, father dead from lung disease, and falling on hard times this is why the family are here, Ella is staying strong for her sister and after their mothers death they only have each other what does the future hold.
Landlord Seb Packer along with his wife Martha run The Three Feathers with a son Garth who is always in trouble.
all these characters blend into this book as the story unfolds, and I found myself engrossed, that is beautifully written, I enjoyed every chapter. This author captures all the moments to keep you turning the pages. I loved it

[Siobhan Dwan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliantly written. A compelling heartwarming story that focuses on the power and strength that we all possess when in situations that that require us to dig deep to get through. A mothers love holds no bounds…

[Mrs Joan Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jennie's winner

Once Jennie Felton has given us another masterpiece. Her storytelling makes you feel part of the story. Truly captivating, leaving you wanting mofe

[Mrs Margaret Maher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book

This book was brilliant a great story.I like this author's writting she is very good and I like to read her books

[Jean Hilton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book

[Trudie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story centres around Martha Packer and her family who adopt a pair of runaways to save them from the workhouse. I really enjoyed this story and look forward to reading more from this author.

[Lynda Meyers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a brilliant read. Made you cringe in places but happily all came right in the end. Well worth a read.

[Alison Hurt · Rating 5 out of 5]

In between all the crime and blood and guts type books that I prefer, it's nice to read the occasional girly story and I quite enjoyed this book.

[irene currie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unputdownable a must read for everybody

From start to finish this book has been a page turner from Ella to Leo and her sister Jeannie and everyone else if I could give this more than five stars I would Jennie Felton is a great author drags you into the story line from the beginning tears and laughter along the way with a brilliant ending if you haven't already read this book then I highly recommend that you do

[Lady Dazy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a story that is hard to put down once you start to read it. I think it is the characters that are keeping me hooked on it. There are also some twists in the story that keep the reader guessing.

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[Caroline · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is Fantastic I read it in 2 days. I couldn't put it down to find ourt what happens next.

[Julie Homer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely fantastic read I couldn’t put this down 5*
Can’t wait to get my hands on next book 😍👏🏻👏🏻

[Jean Stasse · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe it's a great story, but after reading the beginning, I didn't feel like being dragged into a depressing, heart-wrenching scenario. I quit.

[noor ღ · Rating 4 out of 5]

love this book. second half of the book, jaw was on the floor

[Izabella · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book was really good 👍.

[Judith Daw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good about 2 organisation sisters who get taken in by a pub landlady.
She later confesses to murder.
A lot happening in the book

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s a story about Martha the Landlady of the three Feathers pub but before the bar maid
And the live of her and husband Seb
Her children and ones she has lost take on 2 runaway orphans from the workhouse and how their lives continue to change and the tragedies before and after
A great emotional read highly recommend it