{"product_id":"9780349415246","title":"Maggie Jordan","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen most of Maggie Jordan's family are killed in a freak flood in the small coastal village of Heymouth, she is forced to find work in one of Glasgow's carpet mills. She becomes engaged to Nevil Sanderson, who suddenly decides he must go to Spain and join the Republicans in their fight against Franco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough she struggles on without him, Maggie eventually realises her place is by his side and journeys to Spain to join him. But the newly promoted Nevil has become distant and ruthless, and is fiercely jealous of her new friendship with American journalist Howard Taft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, married and with an eight-year-old daughter, Maggie has returned to Glasgow. Astonished when Howard reappears, bringing light and laughter back into her life, she is forced to take decisions - decisions which threaten to destroy even the vibrant and courageous Maggie Jordan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Emma Blair:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An engaging novel and the characters are endearing - a good holiday read' \u003ci\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'All the tragedy and passion you could hope for . . . Brilliant' \u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Romantic fiction pure and simple and the best sort - direct, warm and hugely readable. Women's fiction at an excellent level' \u003ci\u003ePublishing News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Emma Blair explores the complex and difficult nature of human emotions in this passionately written novel' \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Entertaining romantic fiction' \u003ci\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Emma Blair] is well worth recommending' \u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071657591024,"sku":"9780349415246","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780349415246_p0.jpg?v=1763689110","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780349415246","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}