The Sewing Room Girl - 9780749023638

1892. After her beloved father dies, young Juliet Harper and her mother, the difficult but vulnerable Agnes, are left to fend for themselves. When Agnes lands a job as a live-in seamstress with a well-to-do family on the Lancashire moors, things begin to look up for the pair. But their new life brings new challenges, and Juliet soon finds herself defenceless and alone. Without her mother to protect her, Juliet becomes the victim of a traumatic incident and is left to face an impossible dilemma. In her vulnerable position, she flees to Manchester seeking support from her estranged family. Yet rather than receiving help, she comes up against her formidable grandmother, the ruthless businesswoman Adeline Tewson. It will take all Juliet’s ingenuity to stand up to Adeline and set up her own dressmaking business. But someone is out to destroy her. Is it Adeline ... or could it be an old enemy from the past?