TY - BOOK AU - Court,Dilly TI - A loving family SN - 9781780890609 (hbk.) U1 - 823.92 23 KW - Families KW - Fiction KW - Household employees KW - Great Britain KW - Social life and customs KW - 19th century KW - Domestic fiction N2 - She longed to be reunited with her family. This is the compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Workhouse Girl. Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-mouth. Leaving her mother and younger brother and sister behind, Stella goes to a big country house outside London. When she returns home one Sunday, she discovers they have disappeared. Thrown out of their lodgings, no one knows where they have gone. Seven years later it looks likely Stella will soon become Cook. But circumstances compel her to flee with no references and only a few personal possessions to her name. She has never forgotten her loving family and is determined to find out what happened to them - once and for all. ER -