Dora's Dream

<p>Birmingham, 1858. Dora, a spirited young maid with a vivid imagination, finds solace in the library of the esteemed family she works for. But when a forbidden love leads to a secret that could ruin her, Dora has no choice but to leave the only place that has ever offered her security and kindness.<br><br>Alone in Birmingham’s teeming industrial streets, Dora reinvents herself as a washerwoman – each stitch and scrub a testament to her fierce determination to protect her daughter, Rose.<br><br>But, snatching any free moment in her exhausting days, Dora begins to write her own stories, dreaming that one day, she will see her words in print.<br><br>As fate reunites Dora with long-lost family, she must face fresh challenges and personal heartache. Can this woman, armed with grit, love and a pen, defy her past and write her own destiny?<br><br><b><i>Dora's Dream </i>is a gritty and heartfelt saga from beloved author, Annie Murray and is the second book in the original Children of Birmingham series after <i>The Pearl Button Girl</i>.</b><br><br>_{<i>The Birmingham Rose</i> by Annie Murray was a <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller in Feb 1995.}</p>