TY - BOOK AU - Felton, Jennie, TI - A mother's sacrifice SN - 1472256476 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2020/// CY - London : PB - Headline, KW - Villages KW - Fiction KW - Mother and child KW - Family secrets KW - Murder KW - Historical fiction KW - fast KW - Domestic fiction N2 - "Martha Packer is much loved by everyone in the village of Hillsbridge. As the landlady of The Three Feathers, she runs a respectable establishment and is known for her generosity and care for her family and others around her - she even took in two orphan girls to save them from a life of cruelty in the workhouse. So when Martha announces that she has killed her son, Garth, the community is shocked. Garth was undoubtedly a bad seed, but they knew how much Martha adored her first-born. What could have driven Martha to such extreme actions?Martha refuses to give a reason but her other children cannot believe their mother is capable of murder and they begin to believe that she is protecting someone - maybe even one of them..."--Provided by publisher ER -