Eva Masson longs to escape the poverty of her Dundee childhood. She doesn't want to end up in the city's jute-mills where her mother and sister are spinners.
Clever as well as pretty, Eva is selected to stay on at school after the age of 14 and trains as a teacher. When she falls in love with Nicholas North, the privileged son of the jute-mill owner, she embarks on a life very different from that of her family.
But Eva is principled and compassionate, and things are not easy for her in a world that is often at odds with what she believes in.
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"This is one of my new favorite books! Not at all academical, but if you like historical fiction, I definitely recommend it! "
" This is one of my new favorite books! Not at all academical, but if you like historical fiction, I definitely recommend it! "
Anne Buydens Douglas built her career in the film industry as a publicist. She met Kirk Douglas during the making of Act of Love (1953) and they married soon after. Anne would become his closest advisor and eventually take the reins as president of their independent production company, Bryna Productions.
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