Patrick Parker’s Progress

Author: Mavis Cheek

Patrick Parker, golden child of bomb-devastated Coventry, adored and encouraged by his mother, fulfils his dream destiny to be a bridge builder as great as Brunel. Audrey Wapshott, born at the same time, feels her destiny is to become the wife of handsome, brilliant Patrick. But Patrick has other plans and Audrey, miserable and abandoned, is left to follow her own journey….Read More

8 Books Similar to Patrick Parker’s Progress

Flying Under Bridges

FLYING UNDER BRIDGES is Sandi Toksvig's hugely enjoyable everyday tale of morals, marriage and murder.Inge Holbrook has lived the highlife ever since she left her sleepy Home Counties hometown of… Continue Reading Posted in: England England, Female Friendship, Fiction, South East

The Song Of Names

Two boys are growing up in wartime London. Martin is an only child, imprisoned in swottish loneliness. Then Dovidl enters his home, a refugee violinist from Warsaw. 'I am genius,… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Fiction, Violinists

Kingfishers Catch Fire

Sophie Barrington Ward, without a husband, with two children and very little income, is faced with making a new life for herself. Friends beg her to go back to the… Continue Reading Posted in: Manners And Customs, Social Life And Customs, Women

A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards

Edward is nearly four years old when he begins his slow, painful withdrawal from the world. For those who love him -- his father, Jack; his pregnant mother, Rachel; his… Continue Reading Posted in: Autistic Children, Domestic Fiction, Families

My Cleaner

My cleaner. She does my dirty work. She knows more about me than anyone else in the world. But does she even like me? Does her presence fill me with… Continue Reading Posted in: England London, Fiction, Women Cleaning Personnel

The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning

With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Bokšić, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the… Continue Reading Posted in: Iceland, Novel

The Life and Loves of a She Devil

Ruth Patchett never thought of herself as particularly devilish. Rather the opposite in fact -- simply a tall, not terribly attractive woman living a quiet life as a wife and… Continue Reading Posted in: Movie & Game Tie-In Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing, TV

Leave a Reply