Brown fabric covered hardcover novel with black floral and patterned design on front cover with title and author in ornate gold lettering - Married Life by Emma Jane Worboise. Spine has title, author and sun design at bottom with Christian World Library written in gold lettering.fictionA young married couple navigate the ups and downs of wedded life, their growing family and developing their business. Strong religious themes throughout.marriage fiction, family life fiction, religion fiction

p.242.fictionA retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore, fly from their home in Scotland to Amsterdam for a long weekend. A holiday to refresh the senses, to do some sightseeing and generally to take stock of what remains of their lives. Their relationship seems safe, easy, familiar - but over the course of the four days we discover the deep uncertainties which exist between them. Gerry, once an architect, is forgetful and set in his ways. Stella is tired of his lifestyle, worried about their marriage and angry at his constant undermining of her religious faith. Things are not helped by memories which have begun to resurface of a troubled time in their native Ireland. As their midwinter break comes to an end, we understand how far apart they are - and can only watch as they struggle to save themselves.marriage - fiction, irish fiction

296 p. : ill. Pale green decorative cover, image of young woman sitting in a field, reading.fictionFiction for girls and young women. "A volume which mothers may place in the hands of their daughters to show that worldly marriages, however glittering and grand . . . are not to be purchased at the expense of religious conviction and truth."g. c gedge, children's fiction

288 p. : Bound in cloth which is printed with product advertisements.fictionExplores "the complexities of the marriage market, and social constraints place on women in the [Victorian] era".fiction, charlotte eliza riddell, t. craig [bookbinder]

305 p. Includes 'The Royal regiment', 'The secret marriage', 'The student's story', 'Clare Thorne's temptation', 'The great sea serpent' and 'Military folk lore'.james grant, fiction

288 p. : red cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front, with image of a man sitting despondently on a bed while a woman looks through items in a box. Plot summary cut from original dust jacket pasted to first page.fictionA woman searches for happiness in her life and marriage.fiction, annie s. swan

191 p. : blue cover, title and author's name embossed on spine. Section of original dust jacket pasted to front cover, depicting a mand and a woman in eighteenth century style clothing, with mansions, horse, carriage and driver in background.fictionHistorical fiction which tells the tale of developing love between Sir Richard Stratton and Miss Sarah Leigh. Their relationship is complicated by a long-standing feud between their families.fiction, romance, historical fiction, paula allardyce

Ill, p.526.fictionMarian and her sister Laura live a quiet life under their uncle's guardianship until Laura's marriage to Sir Percival Glyde. Sir Percival is a man of many secrets. Hence, Marian and the girls' drawing master, Walter, have to turn detective in order to work out what is going on, and to protect Laura from a fatal plotengland - fiction, detective fiction

171 p. : pale blue cover, title and author's name printed on spine. Section of original dust jacket pasted to front cover.fictionRomance fictionfiction, romance, molly seymour

189 p. : orange cover, title and author's name printed in black on spine. Section of original dust jacket pasted to front, with image showing a family having tea - an older woman is pouring into cups from a silver teapot, while a waiter or servant stands behind her with a tureen on a tray. Two young women and a young man are also at the table, on which there are dishes of fruit, scones, jam etc. Publisher's summary of the plot, cut from dust jacket, is pasted to front end paper.fictionRomance fiction. A 'modern' woman experiences conflict between her career and marriage.fiction, romance, kathleen norris

506 p. : ill. (illustrations by Albert Sterner). Black cover, title embossed on front in gold, title and author's name in gold on spine.fictionA story of English social and political life.fiction, mrs humphrey ward (mary augusta ward)

256 p. : black cover, title and author's name printed in silver on spine. Section of original dust jacket pasted to front. Publisher's summary, cut from original dust jacket, pasted inside front cover.fictionSet in the years immediately before and during World War II. Follows the intertwining lives of two friends, Kitty and Linda, as they face challenges of juggling relationships, marriage, work and careers, friendships and children. fiction, honor croome

p.679.fictionA portrait of the pain and joy of youth, the ruin of marriage gone wrong and the ache of lost friendship and love. A trilogy of Edna O'Brien's early novels.ireland - social life and customs - fiction, women - ireland - fiction