A Wild And Heavenly PlaceAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 13 February 2024
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Hailey MacIntyre seems conjured from the depths of Samuel Fiddess loneliness. Caring for his young sister in the tenements of Glasgow, Scotland, Samuel has known only hunger, while Hailey has never known want. When Samuel saves Haileys brother from a runaway carriage, a friendship begins. Through secret meetings and stolen moments, they learn the topography of one anothers innermost thoughts. Then the City of Glasgow Bank fails in 1878, destroying the only life Hailey has known. Her bankrupt father impulsively moves the family across the globe to Seattle, a city rumoured to have coal in its hills and easy money for anyone willing to work for it. Samuels days are haunted by Haileys parting words: Remember, Washington Territory. Armed only with his wits, he determines to follow her, leaving behind everything he has ever known in search of Hailey and a chance to make a better life for his sister. But the fledgling town barely cut out of the wilderness will test them all in ways unim
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