Good Luck

by L. T. Meade

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About this book

A painful hand threatens the livelihood of Patience Reed, a sixty-eight-year-old needlewoman supporting six orphaned grandchildren in London's Whitechapel. At the hospital, a doctor tells her to stop sewing, putting the family's security at risk. Grannie has long earned their keep through fine work for West End shops, and her cheerful confidence faces a practical test as pain interrupts the work on which they depend.

L. T. Meade's novel for young readers follows a household trying to meet hardship through work, affection and help from others. Alison, the eldest granddaughter, searches for employment while Grannie worries about the younger children and plans to ask a trusted clergyman for advice. Domestic details, from a potato pie at dinner to unfinished feather-stitching, give the financial trouble a close, everyday scale. The story offers a portrait of family responsibility and the fragile value of skilled handwork.

About the author

L. T. Meade

L. T. Meade was the pen name of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (died 1914), a prolific Anglo-Irish author of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Best known in her own day for girls' school stories, she was also a pioneer of popular mystery and detective fiction, devising early female sleuths and criminal masterminds such as Madame Sara.