Salem Street, Anna Jacobs
Salem Street, Anna Jacobs
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Salem Street
Book One in the brilliantly heartwarming Gibson Family Saga

Author: Anna Jacobs

Narrator: Anne Dover

Unabridged: 15 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/08/2021

Synopsis

The first book in the heartwarming Gibson series by beloved saga author Anna Jacobs.

In 1820 Salem Street is sparkling and new: eight small terraced houses built by a Lancashire mill owner for his best workers. Annie Gibson's family is one of the first to move in - a step up in the world for them. But when her mother dies, Annie's happy childhood ends and she is left to bring up her brother and sister.

Red-haired, intelligent and startlingly pretty, Annie soon finds herself banished from home by a jealous stepmother. She finds work in the local doctor's household where she learns about the fascinating world outside Salem Street. And when her adored childhood friend Matt asks her to marry him, Annie thikns her dreams are coming true.

But suddenly everything turns upside-down. Abandoned and pregant, Annie returns to Salem Street, where an unexpected offer gives her independence. One day, she vows, she will move into the wider world again. One day...

(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

About Anna Jacobs

Anna Jacobs grew up in Lancashire and emigrated to Australia, but still visits the UK regularly to see her family and do research, something she loves. She is addicted to writing and figures she'll have to live to be 120 at least to tell all the stories that keep popping up in her imagination and nagging her to write them down. She's also addicted to her own hero, to whom she's been happily married for many years.She is the bestselling author of over ninety novels and has been shortlisted for several awards, and Pride of Lancashire won the Australian Romantic Book of the Year Award in 2006.You can find out more on her website, www.annajacobs.com or on her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Anna.Jacobs.Books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on April 15, 2020

My "go to" book when I'm sad, or ill, or just need to 'comfort read'. I never get tired of Annie's story, it was the first AJ book I read and I've been hooked ever since. Salem Street will always have a special piece of my heart......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on December 04, 2022

I absolutely fell in love with the Gibson family. The author tells a very real and gritty tale of daily survival, good times, brief moments of happiness and despair from 1820s . The characters are well-developed and you feel as the reader as part of the family feeling as they feel. You experience th......more

Goodreads review by Pauline on August 04, 2022

The first story in The Gibson series’s, have loved reading story Annie Gibson is a great character 🥰......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on July 03, 2018

Evoking the language, location and people of Lancashire, Anna Jacobs’ Salem Street takes readers to a time when mills were opening, cheap lodging was proliferating across once green valleys providing homes for workers, and a woman’s place was to bear children. Having grown up around Lancashire accen......more

Goodreads review by MRS S PUSEY on January 08, 2020

Brilliant story. Annie was so positive with everything she does in this story the loss of her mother was very sad.The doctor then got her the job in his house although the mistress was horrible.The love of her life let her down but thankfully Charlie was there for her such a lovely man to have marrie......more

Quotes

Anna Jacobs' books are deservedly popular. She is one of the best writers of Lancashire sagas around. Historical Novels Reviews

Catherine Cookson fans will cheer! Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Anna Jacobs' books have an impressive grasp of human emotions. The Sunday Times

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