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‘Calico Road’ is a linked story to ‘Down Weavers Lane but is not a sequel. DWL is the story of Jack Staley, and CR is the story of Meg, his sister. I’d been wanting to write about what happened to her for a while, but couldn’t find a title that pleased me, so found it difficult to start. Then suddenly, I was doing some research and came upon the word ‘calico’ and I was off . . .
Put up a 'do not disturb' sign before settling down with this new historical saga from master storyteller Anna Jacobs. 'Calico Road' is a riveting read from the opening lines.
Sound Telegraph, April 5, 2006
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Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors, miles from anywhere. In 1827 its folk are an independent breed - and a thorn in the side of the vicious mill owner in the valley below. Toby Fletcher’s rich father has ignored his bastard son all his life, but just before his death the old man gives Toby the rambling old inn on Calico Road, an inn that hides many secrets.Meg Staley grows up in Northby, but after the death of her father she gets married young to escape her mother’s cruel ways. She and her husband leave the town, Meg hopes for ever. When tragedy sends her back there to her family she works hard to build a new life, but after a second tragedy she runs away and takes to wandering the moors. Toby finds her up there one day, cold and starving, and brings her back to the inn. Together they start to find happiness, then danger threatens Toby and the people of Calico. Meg fights with them against an evil man. Will the two find a way to defeat him or will he once again use his power and money to wreak destruction on those who get in his way? |
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‘Calico Road’ will available for sale in the UK and all Commonwealth countries in hardback from February 2005, and in paperback from August 2005. If your local bookshop doesn’t stock it, you can ask them to order it for you. Indeed, all Anna Jacobs’ paperbacks are still in print and can be ordered. Readers buying on line, or readers in the USA and other non-Commonwealth countries can order Anna’s books from the Australian Online Bookshop or from Amazon.co.uk |
| ‘Calico Road’ © Anna Jacobs 2005 ISBN hardback 0340821418 paperback 0340821426 |