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The wingless bird

This historical novel is set in England just before World War I. Agnes Conway is a low-paid assistant in her father's shop, and seemingly fated for mediocrity. Then a chance meeting brings Charles and Reginald Farrier into her life. Each of these brothers brings nourishment to her spirit and transforms her soul.

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  • "This historical novel is set in England just before World War I. Agnes Conway is a low-paid assistant in her father's shop, and seemingly fated for mediocrity. Then a chance meeting brings Charles and Reginald Farrier into her life. Each of these brothers brings nourishment to her spirit and transforms her soul."@en
  • "Twenty two year old Agnes Conway is dissatisfied with her life as a low-paid assistant. A chance meeting seems the answer to her dreams, but it is Christmas 1913, and the horror of the trenches is beckoning."@en
  • "Agnes Conway, dissatisfied with her life as a shop girl, shocks her loutish father and unwed pregnant sister when she marries wealthy Charles Farrier."@en
  • "Agnes Conway is dissatisfied with her life as a shop girl. Her father is a lout and her sister, Jessie is unmarried and pregnant. Her family is shocked when she marries wealthy Charles Farrier."@en
  • "Northern England, 1913. Agnes Conway, twenty-two, has led a dreary but virtuous life working in her father's tobacco and sweets shop. But then she meets Charles Farrier and her future looks brighter, but a war and a long illness can change everything."@en
  • "It is Christmas 1913, and rumours of war are beginning to rumble through the land. This only serves to increase the dissatisfaction felt by Agnes Conway for her lot in life as a low-paid assistant in her father's shop. There are dark secrets in her father's past and these come tragically to light when Agnes's younger sister becomes pregnant."@en
  • "Set in Northern England in 1913, a woman dissatisfied with her life as a shop girl shocks her family when she marries a wealthy man."

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  • "The wingless bird"
  • "The wingless bird [Talking book]"

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