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High Street is Book Two of the Gibson Family Saga, a five part tale set in the nineteenth century in industrial Lancashire, UK. The saga started with Book One, Salem Street. Each book is complete in itself, but follows the lives of the same family. High Street is:
'A solid read and the makings of an excellent saga for historical fiction collections'
Booklist, USA
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High Street continues the story of Annie Gibson and her siblings. In 1845 she can finally leave Salem Street. Her dreams of being able to open an elegant dressmaking salon in the High Street of Bilsden, a Lancashire mill town, have come true. And she is going to take her father and his second family with her, away from poverty, away from the Rows. But Annie has not left trouble behind. Someone is trying to undermine her business. Her family have their own ides about what they want to do with their lives. And several men are persistently trying to win favour with the beautiful young widow - including Frederick Hallam, the mill owner, and Daniel O'Connor, her childhood friend. As Annie gets better acquainted with both, she becomes increasingly confused about her feelings. Can she really be in love? And can she risk trusting any man again? |
| Read Chapter 1 |
| The Gibson Family Saga started with book one, Salem Street. After High Street it continues with book three, Ridge Hill, book four, Hallam Square and book five, Spinners Lake. |
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High Street is published by Hodder & Stoughton UK in both hardback and paperback. There is also a large print edition by Magna Books. In Australia, buy from the Australian Online Bookshop or elsewhere in the world, buy from Amazon UK. |
| High Street © Anna Jacobs 1994 ISBN hardback 0 340 62289 X paperback 0 340 62290 3 |