The tailor's wife

the long version

"In notorious Hanky Park in the backstreets of 1930s Salford, Suzannah Clark is left to bring up her siblings, Girton and Helen, when her mother deserts them. Suzannah's father Jacob is a tailor, and as his sight begins to fail she thinks nothing of learning her father's trade to support the household. The locals, though, are outraged at the very idea of a woman tailor. Undeterred, Suzannah continues her unconventional career, in every spare moment searching for her lost mother. Soon she finds herself hiding an explosive secret, and matters are further complicated when she catches the attention of the most eligible of bachelors - Edward Lyle, only son of a wealthy and cunning business man. Deceit and tragedy follow as scandal and chaos engulf them all. Facing the most impossible odds, Suzannah fights to save her family - and to be with the man she loves."--Publisher description.