Publisher's Synopsis
The sequel to "Branthwaite's Lot," and set in a farming community on the border of Lancashire and Cumbria, the story of "A Wise Child" begins in April 1992. Dorothy Tyler, the daughter whom Bill Branthwaite never knew, tries to escape from an abusive relationship in Barrow in Furness; to make a new life for herself she must embrace the ethos of farming life.