The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon, Glenda Young
The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon, Glenda Young
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The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon
An utterly unputdownable, heartwrenching saga

Author: Glenda Young

Narrator: Katy Sobey

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 05/14/2020


Synopsis

'In the world of historical saga writers, there's a brand new voice' My Weekly

From the author of Pearl of Pit Lane, a dramatically powerful and romantic saga of tragedy and triumph.

If you love Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you'll LOVE Glenda Young!

'You deserve more than this, Jess... You deserve to know the truth about the McNallys.'

When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket, Ada Davidson, housekeeper of the wealthy McNally family's home, the Uplands, takes her into her care. Sworn to secrecy about the baby's true identity, Ada names her Jess and brings her up as her own, giving Jess no reason to question where she came from.

But when Ada passes away, grief-stricken Jess, now sixteen, is banished from the place she's always called home. With the scarlet ribbon the only connection to her past, will Jess ever find out where she really belongs? And will she uncover the truth about the ruthless McNallys?

Praise for Glenda Young:

'I really enjoyed Glenda's novel. It's well researched and well written and I found myself caring about her characters' Rosie Goodwin

'Will resonate with saga readers everywhere...a wonderful, uplifting story' Nancy Revell

'All the ingredients for a perfect saga and I loved Meg; she's such a strong and believable character. A fantastic debut' Emma Hornby

'Glenda has an exceptionally keen eye for domestic detail which brings this local community to vivid, colourful life and Meg is a likeable, loving heroine for whom the reader roots from start to finish' Jenny Holmes

'I found it difficult to believe that this was a debut novel, as "brilliant" was the word in my mind when I reached the end. I enjoyed it enormously, being totally absorbed from the first page. I found it extremely well written, and having always loved sagas, one of the best I've read' Margaret Kaine

Look out for Glenda's other compelling sagas, Belle of the Back Streets, The Tuppenny Child and Pearl of Pit Lane.

(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Limited

About Glenda Young

Glenda Young credits her local library in the village of Ryhope, where she grew up, for giving her a love of books. She still lives close by in Sunderland and often gets her ideas for her stories on long bike rides along the coast. A life-long fan of Coronation Street, she runs two hugely popular fan websites.For updates on what Glenda is working on, visit her website glendayoungbooks.com and to find out more find her on Facebook/GlendaYoungAuthor and X @flaming_nora.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 30, 2020

I've only recently discovered local Sunderland author Glenda Young and what a fabulous discovery she is. Living in the North East, it's almost obligatory to have family sagas in your library and I read a fair few in my youth. I thought my saga reading days were over until Glenda Young hooked me with......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on September 28, 2020

I have been a fan of Glenda’s work since I had the good fortune to pick up a copy of her first book called ‘Belle Of The Back Streets’. Since then I have eagerly awaited each new release in the series. As soon as I get hold of a copy, I squirrel myself away until I have finished reading it. ‘The Gir......more

Goodreads review by Julie on October 06, 2020

Glenda Young continues to cement her standing as one of the most gifted writers of historical sagas writing today with the publication of her latest novel, The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon. Emotional, atmospheric and immensely readable, fans of Dilly Court and Anna Jacobs need to add her books to th......more

Goodreads review by Booklover BEV on May 16, 2020

Ryhope Sunderland 1903 Mary Liddle only sixteen year's old gives birth to a baby girl and there's no way her family are allowing her to keep her she has to be sold, and Mary runs away to London after leaving her baby on the steps of the Uplands with a scarlet ribbon on the basket. The house is in th......more


Quotes

In the world of historical saga writers, there's a brand new voice My Weekly

I really enjoyed Glenda's novel. It's well researched and well written and I found myself caring about her characters

Will resonate with saga readers everywhere...a wonderful, uplifting story

All the ingredients for a perfect saga and I loved Meg; she's such a strong and believable character. A fantastic debut

Glenda has an exceptionally keen eye for domestic detail which brings this local community to vivid, colourful life and Meg is a likeable, loving heroine for whom the reader roots from start to finish

I found it difficult to believe that this was a debut novel, as "brilliant" was the word in my mind when I reached the end. I enjoyed it enormously, being totally absorbed from the first page. I found it extremely well written, and having always loved sagas, one of the best I've read