Eleanor learned the reality of life at an early age. From her father she learned about cruelty and hatred from the world she learned about poverty and war... But from her mother she learned about hope - and the courage which would never allow her to bow in defeat, or give up her struggle for dignity and love. Fate might destroy the things she treasured most and take away the people she loved - but it would never crush her spirit or her dreams...About the AuthorJean Chapman's novels have been published all around the world. She started her writing career as a freelance journalist, moving on to fiction, short stories then novels. Vice-president of Romantic Novelists' Association, member Crime Writers' Association and Society of Authors. Website: jeanchapman.co.uk. Jean has taught creative writing at four Community Colleges, tutored online for Nottingham Trent University, spoken at Leicester University and read and appraised for East Midlands Arts and Readers' Digest.