Fallen Angels [Hardcover]

Valerie Wood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 22, 2008

After her dastardly husband Billy tries to sell her at a wife sale, Lily Fowler finds herself alone, frightened, and heavily pregnant on the streets of Hull. Her brave attempts to find work are futile, and when she is turned away from the workhouse and other such establishments for women in her "condition," Lily is forced to swallow her last iota of respectability and work in a brothel in Leadenhall Square. Unexpectedly, things begin to look up. Lily sees potential where others can only see destitution and ruin, and she soon forges strong relationships with the other women there. They are all good-hearted women who have fallen on hard times, and together, Lily and her "fallen angels" outwit the low-life brothel-keeper and work to turn the house in Leadenhall Square into something altogether more respectable. And before any of them know it, doors swing open, lost loves are recovered, and the happy endings none of them dared to dream of begin to materialize.

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From the Back Cover

Lily Fowler, shunned by society, is alone, frightened and heavily pregnant on the streets of Hull.When her attempts to find work are proved futile, her only option is to work as a madam in a brothel, where she finds unexpected solace in the company of the other women working there.Together they strive to leave these miserable times behind. Bound together by bonds far stronger than normal friendship, these fallen angels bid farewell to the slums, and to their very great surprise, doors swing open, lost loves are recovered and the happy endings that none of them dared to dream of begin to materialise. A gripping new novel by the bestselling winner of the Catherine Cookson Prize for fiction. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Valerie Wood is the author of The Hungry Tide, winner of the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction, Annie, Children of the Tide, The Romany Girl, Emily, Going Home, Rosa’s Island, The Doorstep Girls, Far From Home, The Kitchen Maid, The Songbird, and Nobody's Child.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Transworld Publishers (January 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0593059999
• ISBN-13: 978-0593059999
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,678,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful book, December 28, 2010

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This review is from: Fallen Angels (Kindle Edition)

I read this on paperback, was an excellent story sad at times but a good story. Don't be scared of the book being over 500 pages, that's the best way to read a novel more details surrounding the character.