The Stationmaster's Daughter

Name: The Stationmaster's Daughter
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Maggie Craig
ISBN: 9781407950761

Author: Maggie Craig

Narrator: Lesley Mackie

Unabridged: 12 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 04/01/2016

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

Living in the Stationmaster's cottage at Partick, Carrie Burgess leads a charmed life, cushioned from the world of poverty surrounding it. Her only real problem is her mother, who thinks Ewen Livingstone, the railway labourer Carrie's in love with, a poor catch; Matt Campbell, a clerk, seems a much better prospect. Carrie's father dies suddenly and his wife and daughter are forced to move out of their home. Money is tight. Carrie ignores her true feelings and marries Matt, only to find that his devoted front conceals a man of violence. When the Second World War starts, everything changes, but Carrie remains sure of one thing: that her heart will always belong to Ewen.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clare on April 09, 2015

This book nicely shows the railway life in Glasgow and around Scotland before, during and just after WW2. The stationmaster's daughter grows up in the house provided by the railway, but when her father dies she and her mother need to leave. During the war the station house garden is dug over for veg......more

Goodreads review by Janet Nicholson on March 06, 2018

3rd book I have read by Maggie Craig Really good read she wrote about the blitz in world war 2 and was very accurate about what it was like living in Clydebank during this time looking forward to reading more books from Maggie Craig.......more

Goodreads review by rosemonde hartley on March 05, 2022

Pleasant enough, however a bit tedious.......more

Goodreads review by Claire on March 18, 2013

lovely easy read that chugged along quite nicely but kind of far fetched but interesting to read a bit about Scotland. Will definately read some more of hers......more