BAD BOY JACK

By the author the immensely popular North Country sagas, here is a compelling story of family heartbreak and tragedy. Can he find his children before everything is lost? Unable to cope with raising his children alone, Robert Sullivan abandons three year old Nancy and seven year old Jack to those he believes can provide them with a better life. However he quickly has a change of heart and goes back for them, but on the way there, he is involved in an horrific accident. Jack and Nancy are placed in the brutal regime of the Galloway Children's Home, where Jack's fiery temper lands him in trouble. Clinging together, the children find themselves at the mercy of the corrupt Clive Ennington. As Robert recovers in hospital he is determined to reunite his family, but he soon realises the terrible consequences of his cowardly actions, and wonders if he will ever see his children again. Pure escapism, you will find a few tears but believe in the characters by this gifted writer. 452pp, paperback.