TY - BOOK AU - Wood, Valerie, AU - Wood, Valerie, TI - Children of fortune SN - 9781787635609 PY - 2021/// CY - London : PB - Bantam Press, KW - Secrecy KW - Fiction KW - Friendship KW - Families KW - Brothers and sisters KW - Single parents KW - Yorkshire (England) KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Domestic fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - fast N2 - 1864. Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband, Beatrix and her three children are finally free. While Ambrose has already determined his path in life, eldest son Laurie's future is less certain. With the responsibility of the family estate on his shoulders, Laurie must decide between staying in Yorkshire to farm the family land and following his dreams. Meanwhile, headstrong and independent Alicia is defying expectation and excelling at school. There she befriends the enigmatic Olivia Snowden and they quickly become inseparable. But Olivia's family past is shrouded in mystery and as she begins to dig deeper secrets come tumbling out... Can the two families overcome the challenges that lie ahead? ER -