The Names We Were Owed: A Postwar Historical Novel of Friendship, Secrets, and Reckoning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798177201894)

A woman listed among the dead. A debt the town would rather forget.
Lancashire, 1948. Widowed printer Eleanor Vale needs paying work-not an unpaid bill from fourteen years ago. But an old printing order contains a name she knows: Nora Finch, listed as a victim of the Greystone Mill fire.

Nora survived. She is keeping a boardinghouse across town. And the relief money promised to her never arrived.
When Eleanor, a meticulous accounts clerk, and a retired factory inspector begin following the paper trail, it leads to a respected charitable foundation, a proposed property sale, and evidence that Eleanor's own late husband helped conceal the truth.
As customers withdraw and old loyalties harden, the women must decide which records can be trusted-and how much of their own history they are willing to put into print. The investigation will test friendship, family loyalty, and the meaning of justice in a town where everyone remembers the fire differently.

The Names We Were Owed is an emotional historical fiction novel about women's friendship, buried secrets, moral courage, and the difficult work of making an honest account.

Author: Lenore Cross
ISBN-13: 9798177201894
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2026
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d