Sadly, Penny Halsall died in 2011. She left a wonderful legacy of heart-warming novels for many more fans to discover. The final books in the Article Row series, Only a Mother Knows and A Christmas Promise, will be published posthumously.
Only a Mother Knows
Also by Annie Groves
The Pride family series
Ellie Pride
Connie’s Courage
Hettie of Hope Street
The WWII series
Goodnight Sweetheart
Some Sunny Day
The Grafton Girls
As Time Goes By
The Campion series
Across the Mersey
Daughters of Liverpool
The Heart of the Family
Where the Heart Is
When the Lights Go on Again
The Article Row series
London Belles
Home for Christmas
My Sweet Valentine
Only a Mother Knows
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007361571
Ebook Edition © March 2013 ISBN: 9780007492565
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Only a Mother Knows
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