Nowhere but North: A North and South Variation
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Nowhere but North: A North and South Variation
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Narrated by:
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Deborah Balm
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By:
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Nicole Clarkston
About this listen
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 ClarkstonListeners also enjoyed...
Again not enough of the future but still good
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Love this story
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I loved this and spent the last 20 minutes of it smiling because everything comes together so satisfactorily. Admittedly, I felt at one point Margaret had turned from being the intelligent, willful young woman Mrs Gaskell imagined into a submissive ninny (when visiting her family in London). And there were times when I was frustrated by the Mills and Boon-style misunderstandings between John and Margaret but, overall, I loved that this book takes you deeper into the relationship between them in a way that the original couldn’t because it had to reflect Victorian mores. The writing does have the feel and rhythms of the times, however, so the flavour of the original is maintained.
I came to this story after seeing the BBC adaptation with Richard Armitage and, I must confess, his was the face I attached to the wonderful John Thornton who is now, probably, my second favourite classical hero after Darcy. He sets the old heart fluttering more than once!
So, Brenda, and other B.Lits, brace yourselves and tighten your corsets! You’re about be outraged!
A great re-imagining
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