The East End of London was a difficult place to grow up in during the Victorian era with unemployment and poverty rife in the neighbourhood. Family’s forged communities and manufactures forged industries as the grey city landscape grew. The Wheeler's were more fortunate than most for they all had work and their eldest daughter Mary had found skilled employment allowing her the independence to develop into a strong and forceful woman with a wicked streak that would cause mayhem on the dirty streets of London. Mary encounters hardships and tragedy as she establishes her place in the world which shapes her domineering personality. Family relations are strained by the constraints of society and the shame of a wayward child as Mary strives to stamp her remarkable and unforgettable legacy on the world. Inevitably, young gentleman are ensnared by the dangerous beauty and Mary forges a unique friendship that will descend into a secret web of blood and lies. Mary loves as fiercely as she kills. Deep down all Mary craved was a family, a child to love, but that had been viciously stolen from her. The world had forsaken her so she would forsake the world and she would teach them not to squander what they had been given. In the autumn of 1888 London is gripped by the heinous murders of working woman. Prostitutes lay slaughtered as a savage killer taunts the police and instills terror in the local population. Police and vigilantes hunt in vain for the mysterious killer who is ripping their way through the back streets of Whitechapel. Mary has the knowledge that will lead police directly to the killer. Mary’s volatile nature is fueled by the experiences of her past as well as her affection for alcohol and her battle with depression. Her blackened heart is inflamed when she meets Frank Hogg. However, her obsession with Frank sees her reach incredible highs only to be crippled by devastating lows as she contends with the mother of his child, the ill-fated Phoebe. Will love conquer all and where will Mary’s fate lead her?
BIOGRAPHY N.Joy is an author and artist living in the inspirational setting of North Devon. The debut novel, Jill, was released on Amazon in October 2017. N.Joy is passionate about literature and giving everybody the opportunity to read.
A cat-loving married mum of two she's had a love of books from a young age and a passion for writing stories .N.Joy’s debut novel, Jill, though self-published, is the first step towards her life long ambition. She’s not stopping there so keep an eye out for other works by N.Joy.
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"I've grown up loving books, I've always had books around me. Mum read me stories from a young age, encouraged my imagination. I've loved books since I was little and wrote my first story, A lost Badger, aged 9!
My personal interests including writing!!!, reading, drawing and miniature sculpture as well as wood work which I'm rubbish at!! I've loved writing since I was a child and I use literature as an escape, I don't have a genre, will give anything a go. I love cats, wolves, sloths unicorns and dragons!
I've kept many of my favourite childhood books including a crinkled copy of Mr Worry, he joined me in the paddling pool! Micheal Morpurgo was a dominant author during my primary years along with Judy Blume and Jill Murphy, I still have my Worst Witch books. As a teenager I read a myriad of authors from Stephen King to J.R.R Tolkien, got lost in Discworld and survived the perils of the Point Horror series. I've discovered the House of Night and Morganville , Stonewylde and Hogwarts, .......... the list goes on.
Books were, and still are, an escape from reality, a sanctuary, a place to lose yourself in the musings of another's imagination.
Book Detail
Title
Jill
Author
Mrs N Joy
ASIN
1999735803
Page Count
344
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