The House on Rosebank Lane

Name: The House on Rosebank Lane
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Millie Gray
ISBN: 9781788892834

Author: Millie Gray

Narrator: Lesley Mackie

Unabridged: 7 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Story Sound

Published: 05/01/2020

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

Leith, 1953: The war is over, a young queen has been crowned and eighteen-year-old Kirsten Mowat is glad to be out and about with her handsome, dark-haired sweetheart Duncan Armstrong. But there's a secret in her heart that needs to be told - and when Duncan insists on a shotgun wedding it sets Kirsten's life along a downward path. Married life brings tragedy, and Kirsten's husband and grudging mother-in-law harden their hearts against the young bride. Beset by grief, Kirsten finds herself alone with her two daughters and vulnerable baby Dixie to care for. She must seek out a haven for her children among the most unlikely of people, until the kindness of strangers and her own strength of will create bonds that will draw this family together in new and unexpected ways.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren

Kirsten Mowat is eighteen in 1953, she lives in Edinburgh and is madly in love with her boyfriend Duncan Armstrong. They secretly get married at the registry office, their mothers have no idea and then have to face the music together. Soon Kirsten has two young children, a husband that’s working awa......more

Goodreads review by Sandra

A very enjoyable book to read the story and characters fit together perfectly definitely a book to recommend.5*......more

Goodreads review by Haley Renee

Millie Gray does a great job giving us a look back at Edinburgh through the 50s toward the 70s, not only that but she gives you a truly heartstring-tugging and simultaneously heartwarming tale of not just one woman but the others in her life. At first, I found it difficult to feel sympathy for Kirst......more

Goodreads review by Jeanniehay64

I loved the setting of this book. My sister and her family live near Edinburgh and the locations and dialect were beautiful. Kirsten’s story of young love and her struggles to rebuild her life for herself and her family were admirable. The stoyline in the book was very good. I did struggle a bit rea......more