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Sunday Times bestselling author Freda Lightfoot was born in Lancashire. She was a teacher, a bookseller in the Lake District, then a smallholder and began her writing career publishing short stories and articles before finding her vocation as a novelist. She published over fifty novels, mostly sagas and historical fiction. She died in 2025 aged 83, leaving a legacy of books that continue to be enjoyed by thousands of readers.After giving birth to her daughter, Kate O'Connor finds herself back in Poor House Lane with some momentous decisions to make.
Faced with the opportunity to move out of the slums, she invests her unexpected fortune in a new shoe factory to challenge Eliot Tyson's monopoly over the workforce, regardless of whether or not he is the father of her children.
But nothing is ever that simple, especially when old enemies and estranged relatives return to thwart her every scheme
The second, moving instalment in The Poor House Lane Sagas, The Child From Nowhere is a wartime saga perfect for fans of Val Wood and Katie Flynn
After giving birth to her daughter, Kate O’Connor finds herself back in Poor House Lane with some momentous decisions to make.
Faced with the opportunity to move out of the slums, she invests her unexpected fortune in a new shoe factory to challenge Eliot Tyson’s monopoly over the workforce, regardless of whether or not he is the father of her children.
But nothing is ever that simple, especially when old enemies and estranged relatives return to thwart her every scheme…
The Child From Nowhere is a moving wartime saga ideal for fans of Val Wood and Katie Flynn‘A compelling and fascinating tale’ Middlesborough Evening Gazette
‘This is a book I couldn’t put down… a great read!’ South Wales Evening Post
‘An inspiring novel about accepting change and bravely facing the future’ The Daily Telegraph