{"product_id":"9781446440070","title":"One Step Forward: A gripping and heart-warming saga set in Wales from much-loved bestseller Rosie Harris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFans of Dilly Court, Kitty Neale, Emma Hornby and Rosie Goodwin will love this vivid and compelling saga, set around Tiger Bay and Cardiff. \u003cu\u003eMuch-loved multi-million copy bestseller Rosie Harris\u003c\/u\u003e has written such an immediate and beautiful novel, you'll feel you are living in the moment with the characters...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eWhat readers are saying!\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Had me hooked from the beginning' - 5 STARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I couldn't put it down' - 5 STARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A must read!'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - 5 STARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***********************************************************************************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEVEN WHEN LIFE SEEMS TO BE ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK, SHE NEVER GIVES UP...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the age of eight, \u003cb\u003eKatie Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e has dreamed of getting away from the \u003cb\u003eCardiff \u003c\/b\u003eslums where she lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she is only a girl her father, \u003cb\u003eLewis\u003c\/b\u003e, is imprisoned for theft, leaving Katie and her mother homeless and penniless. Life is hard - not only because of their poverty but also because of the stigma of her father's shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Lewis is released years later, she hopes that things will improve. But to Katie's horror, life becomes worse than she has ever known it. When she and her father are left alone together, Katie seeks happiness and love elsewhere, but as she struggles to make a new life for herself, there is difficulty and danger at every turn...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe longs to be free, but will she always be tied to the past?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46464893452529,"sku":"9781446440070","price":8.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781446440070_p0.jpg?v=1765991278","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781446440070","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}