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Ridge Hill is Book Three of the Gibson Family Saga, a five part saga, set in the nineteenth century in industrial Lancashire, UK. The saga started with Book One, Salem Street and continued with Book Two, High Street. Each book is complete in itself, but follows the lives of the same family. Ridge Hill:
'Can a marriage between a mill owner and an ex mill worker survive? Well kept secrets surface and family tensions make for riveting reading.'
Australian Online Bookshop newsletter, May 1998
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Ridge Hill starts in 1848, when preparations are under way for Annie Gibson's wedding to Bilsden's wealthy millowner, Frederick Hallam. But not everyone is as pleased as Annie and Frederick about the match. Frederick's daughter, Beatrice, is horrified at the prospect of an attractive young stepmother arriving at the house on Ridge Hill. Even Annie's own family feels threatened by Frederick's wealth and position. The only person who seems pleased by the match is Tom, Annie's brother, who's afraid of no one. Soon, however, real troubles begin to pile up for the Gibsons. Tom's happiness is jeopardised by the news that he is father to a child he never knew about. Annie's son William, is devastated to find out that his real father is not the man who brought him up. And even Annie's joy is not untarnished, because someone has uncovered the secrets she has fought so hard to keep hidden. |
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| The Gibson Family Saga continues with Book Four Hallam Square and concludes in Book Five Spinners Lake. |
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Ridge Hill is published by Hodder & Stoughton UK in both hardback and paperback. It is also available in large print. In Australia, buy from the Australian Online Bookshop or elsewhere in the world, buy from Amazon UK. |
| Ridge Hill © Anna Jacobs 1995 ISBN hardback 0 340 62291 1 paperback 0 340 62292 X |