Download or read book A Loving Family written by Dilly Court and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stella Barry is forced into service as a kitchen maid when her father dies at sea and the family find themselves living hand-to-mouth. Leaving her mother and younger brother and sister in the slums of London's docklands, Stella goes to a big country house outside London. A year later, having not seen them in all that time, Stella walks to London with a cake for her mother for mothering Sunday. But she discovers the family has disappeared.