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Brow of the Gallowgate

by Doris Davidson

ISBN: 9781841584560
Imprint: Birlinn
Publication Date: May 2006
Format: Paperback (eBook also available)
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock

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The brow of the Gallowgate is where Albert Ogilvie buys his property in 1890 – the shop he has dreamed of for years, and above it, a house with nine rooms to accommodate the large family he and his beloved wife, Bathie, desire. As their babies are born – there will be eight in all – Albert employs three sisters, one after another, as nursemaids.

Bathie finds Mary and Jeannie Wyness more than satisfactory, but Bella, the youngest, is troublesome and sly, and creates a set of distressing circumstances resulting in her dismissal. The years go by, with their joys and sorrows, and war splits up the close-knit Ogilvies, some of whom eventually emigrate to New Zealand. And it is there that Bella Wyness, her resentment of the family grown to black hatred, will wreak her terrible revenge . . .

Also available: A Gift from the Gallowgate, ISBN 1841584150, £6.99

Cousins at War (sequel to Brow of the Gallowgate), ISBN 1841584169, £6.99.

Jam and Jeopardy, ISBN 1841584657, £6.99.        

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