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  • Nowhere but North: A North and South Variation

  • By: Nicole Clarkston
  • Narrated by: Deborah Balm
  • Length: 18 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Nowhere but North: A North and South Variation

By: Nicole Clarkston
Narrated by: Deborah Balm
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Can the pieces of a broken past be enough to build a solid future?

Haunted by sorrow and regret, Margaret Hale stands at the precipice of an uncertain destiny. Fiercely determined but not knowing how to find her way, she risks the little she has left on the heart she once shattered - hoping somehow to win back his respect, if not his love.

Since he was a boy, John Thornton has fought the consequences of his father’s mistakes. Resolved to overcome past failings and the disdain of the world, he has striven for wealth, respect, and personal honour, but he is denied love. Now, all he had previously gained is slipping away, but he cannot resist a second chance with the woman he once lost. Crushed on all sides, all he has left to offer the one who needs him most is a home, and a heart that aches for her. 

Can a struggling manufacturer ever be enough for a woman who deserves the world? Can a grieving, inexperienced young woman learn to look beyond her Southern past to appreciate her Northern man? When sorrow and fear threaten to conquer them both, they must overcome the odds to find the strength to forge a better life ahead. 

This dramatic tale delves into the wonderful world of Elizabeth Gaskell’s epic North and South.

©2018 Nicole Clarkston (P)2019 Nicole Clarkston

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I liked that it stayed relatively true to the source material (although not sure why the rewrite of their first meeting), was romantic, sweet, dramatic, angsty and satisfying but be warned this Margaret and John are washed out, disappointing versions of their original selves. If you can get past this it's a good romance.

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