Three generations of beautiful women and their journey from rags to riches
Audra is an impoverished childrenβs nanny from Leeds who sacrificed everything for her only daughter.
Christina is a talented art student who won world renown as a fashion designer β yet who has known pain and heartache.
Kyle is a rebellious young woman who chafes against her motherβs success β and in whom her grandmotherβs spirit of duty and sacrifice is reborn.
Moving from the Yorkshire Dales, through London, to the glamorous world of haute couture, this classic novel sparkles as it entertains.
Barbara Taylor Bradford was born and raised in Leeds, and worked as a journalist in London. Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, is an enduring bestseller and has been followed by many more, including the Harte series. Barbaraβs books have sold over eighty-five million copies worldwide in more than ninety countries and forty languages, and ten miniseries and television movies have been made of her books. She lives in New York City with her husband, television producer Robert Bradford.