Nothing Green

Sequel to the bestselling EVELYN... Following her father's historic legal battle to regain custody of his children, Evelyn returns to the same grinding poverty. When 'new mammy' Jessie's relationship with her father becomes strained, the twelve-year-old girl finds herself the brunt of their criticism and dissatisfaction. Throughout her adolescence, whilst working in Woolworths and as a weaver in a Yorkshire mill, Evelyn makes repeated attempts to run away. Her inexplicably troubled relationship with Jessie casts a long shadow over her life, until the story's unforgettable denouement.