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Cookson, Catherine, 1906-1998

A ruthless need / Catherine Cookson. - London ; New York : Bantam Press, 1995. - 301 pages ; 24 cm

Even in the heat of battle, Geoff Fulton would always carry with him the memory of the night he was on leave, when his timely intervention rescued fourteen year-old Lizzie Gillespie from the oldest of perils for a young girl. The year was 1937 and the place a rural enclave of County Durham. Seeing in Lizzie a girl of spirit, Geoff concluded that she might, with care and training, solve his problem and benefit herself. So, despite a token resistance from Lizzie's slatternly stepmother, it was agreed that the girl should become a companion/helper to his increasingly handicapped mother. But, in 1943, when Geoff returned wounded from the desert war, it was to find a Lizzie he hardly recognised--mature and highly attractive. For her part, she could see that he was embittered by his experiences at war, for he now displayed a ruthless streak far removed from the caring person she had previously known.

ISBN: 0593028546 9780593028544 0552140392 9780552140393 0552150150 9780552150156

LCCN: 96152676

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9535187 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Domestic fiction

LC Class. No.: PR6053.O525 / R87 1995

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.914 Fic