A Daughter's Burden: Discover a Scottish saga of sacrifice, motherhood and difficult choices

Will achieving independence mean forgoing happiness?

Scotland, 1918

As the war ends, Jenny Gillespie plans a new life in Glasgow, eager to escape her domineering, alcoholic father. But when her brother Maurice is reported missing in action, she must remain in the Clydeside town of Ellerslie, working at a shipyard tracing office to help support her struggling family-including her parents, grandmother, younger sister, and Maurice's unmarried partner and child.

Frustrated by her stalled future, J...