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Fiction, Sagas
Rosie Goodwin's heartwarming and powerful first novel
Louise Hart has endured a great deal of pain from her callous husband Paul, but one cold December night in 1959 she can take no more. She and her son Davey escape their Coventry high-rise flat and flee to Tanglewood, the dilapidated ivy-clad mansion where her mother Dolly runs an animal sanctuary. Miserable and frightened, Louise longs to turn her back on the past, and create a happy new life for Davey. But Paul is in trouble with men more dangerous than himself. Unable to pay his debts, he blackmails Louise and those who love her, keeping a shadowy presence in their lives. Even the arrival of Charlie Fox, a stranger who becomes a true friend, cannot guarantee that the future will be safe...
Praise for The Bad Apple: A powerful saga of surviving and loving against the odds
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'The tearjerker of the season...[a] heart-rending tale' Western Mail - Western Mail
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'A story of adversity and survival' Huddersfield Daily Examiner - Huddersfield Daily Examiner
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' A promising and well-drawn debut' Lancashire Evening Post - Lancashire Evening Post
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'A good tearjerker...compelling' Reading Evening Post - Reading Evening Post
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