Dream Catcher
By Iris Gower
1998
First Published
4.51
Average Rating
400
Number of Pages
Part of Series
Fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale will love this moving, emotional and riveting saga from the pen of bestselling author Iris Gower. READERS ARE LOVING DREAM CATCHER! "Captures the imagination" - 5 STARS"This was such a gripping story I enjoyed every page" - 5 STARS"Really captures the essence of the Welsh culture" - 5 STARS"Another fabulous book by Iris Gower" - 5 STARS************************************************************UNEXPECTED EVENTS THREATEN TO DESTROY HER MARRIAGE...AND HER LIFE.The wedding of Llinos Savage, the young saviour of the Savage Pottery, and the fascinating Joe Mainwaring sets the small sea front town of Swansea ablaze with gossip for Joe is always seen by the Swansea elite as a foreigner and an outsider. When Llinos' father dies after a long illness, she is devastated, but her grief turns to fear when Joe is accused of his father-in-law's murder by the local doctor and is imprisoned along with thieves and debtors. There among the filth and dirt, Joe makes friends with an old man, and this brief friendship, formed in the most ill-fated circumstances, proves to be the catalyst to a series of events which unexpectedly threaten to destroy the marriage and the very lives of Joe and Llinos...**Dream Catcheris the second novel in Iris Gower's Firebird series. The saga continues in Sweet Rosie. Have you read Firebird, where the story began?**
Avg Rating
4.51
Number of Ratings
166
5 STARS
66%
4 STARS
22%
3 STARS
8%
2 STARS
2%
1 STARS
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Author
Iris Gower
Author · 33 books
Iris Gower (b. 1935) was a Swansea-based novelist. Her historical romances are all set within Swansea and Gower in South Wales. Iris (real name Iris Davies) was born in Mumbles and lived in Derwen Fawr, a part of Sketty, Swansea. She had four adult children, though her husband of 48 years, Tudor Davies, died on 15 April 2002 after suffering a major stroke. She later lived with a partner, Peter. She was one of the top-selling authors in the country, and was awarded an MA in Creative Writing by Cardiff University, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at the University of Wales, Swansea. She wrote and published around 40 books including 26 novels. Gower died at Singleton Hospital, Swansea on 20 July, 2010. She was 75 years old.
