by Val Wood · Corgi Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552172349
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For thirteen-year-old Bella, life isn't turning out quite as she'd hoped. She lives at The Woodman Inn in Holderness, the public house run by her family, but she is surrounded by two older brothers who never pull their weight and a younger sister who is in a world of her own. When their mother, Sarah, tells Bella not only that their father is seriously ill, but that she is also expecting a fifth child, all responsibility falls on the trustworthy and sensible Bella, for whom the dream of becoming a teacher is soon a long-lost memory.
Times are extremely hard. When their father dies, Sarah takes little interest in the newborn Henry, and Bella takes on the role of mother to him. Several years pass and Sarah announces that the family are to move to Hull to take over a dilapidated inn. Could this move actually be a blessing in disguise for Bella, allowing her the opportunities to reach her full potential?
