Sadie Smith, born with a degenerative hip, is unable to walk. Sent to a Dr Barnardo's home for treatment, she is so excited that she fails to realise she will never see her beloved family again.In 1927, once fully cured,Sadie is offered the opportunity of a lifetime; to...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-11-24

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For Lexa and Cordelia Stewart the late 1930s bring changes that neither could have dreamed of.For as well as the onslaught of war, the death of their father leaves them ill equipped to run the family business. Cordelia falls recklessly in love with Joe Given, who is not...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-11-24

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Georgie Mair's first husband's dies tragically from leukaemia. Three years later love comes once more into her life. Charlie Gunn saves her after an explosion in the factory at work. Like her, Charlie is widowed with a young child. As their relationship blossoms into...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-11-24

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All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas… The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning and is put in charge of a ward full of German prisoners of war. Can she find it...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2016-11-17

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Emma Blair once again richly evokes the setting and characters of Scotland during the 30s. Continuing the story she began in Flower of Scotland,Emma invites the reader back into the lives of the Drummond family, who are still dealing with the aftermath of the First...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-11-17

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Sandy McLean is training to be a doctor to follow in his father's footsteps - indeed, to surpass his father who is just a general practitioner:Sandy is to become a top surgeon. Or so his father insists.Sandy feels he has no choice, though knows he is not a natural and...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-11-17

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Following her husband's death, Minna runs a small boarding house in Torquay and brings up her son, Tim. Tim becomes a journalist for the local paper, struggling to get by-lines and hoping to make it to a national some day.However, the outbreak of the Great War disrupts...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-11-17

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The outside world is coming to the Welsh valleysThe small South Wales village of Hen Carw Parc is a haven of rural peace, a gentle backwater where the rhythms of life flow at a time-honoured pace. But times are changing and, although Nelly Luke and the older villagers...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2016-11-14

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A touching story of Welsh village life.Cockney born Nelly Luke is an essential part of the community. Yet not even Nelly, with her shrewd eye, can predict the surprises in store for her family and friends.A new year brings new faces: Maurice Davies is back from the...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2016-11-14

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Every village has its secrets the charming conclusion to the Valley sagasAs 1954 draws to an end, the village of Hen Carw Parc is changing. The post-war boom brings a creeping lethargy as the villagers stay in watching their new TV sets, instead of going out to enjoy...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2016-11-14

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*The bestselling Belle collection now together in one ebook*BelleLondon, 1910, and the beautiful and innocent Belle Reilly is cruelly snatched from her home and sold to a brothel in New Orleans where she begins her life as a courtesan. Can Belle ever find her way...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2016-11-03

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**Don't miss Emma Hornby's gripping new wartime saga, A DAUGHTER'S WAR - out now**----------------------------The bestselling debut saga novel of 2017.Powerful, absorbing storytelling that fans of sagas by Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Maggie Hope will adore.Sally...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2016-11-03

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A heartwrenching and uplifting read from Sunday Times bestselling author Rosie GoodwinGinny is devastated by the death of her mother, her two little brothers and her sister - but her father is destroyed by the loss. After a series of drunken mistakes, her father is...

Editeur : Corsair
Parution : 2016-11-03

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A little girl is found abandoned on a beach one chilly Monday in October, alone apart from the body of her mother, cold beside her.Rendered completely silent by her traumatic experience, she is given the name Monday by the woman who discovers her and takes her to the...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2016-10-20
Collection : The Ragged School Series
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A gripping saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Coal Miner's DaughterLife is a long, tough struggle for Meg Maddison…Growing up caring for her brothers after the death of their mother, it is only her indomitable spirit that gets her through the hard...

Editeur : Ebury Digital
Parution : 2016-10-20

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When Lucy’s parents are killed in a train crash, her kindly uncle steps in to look after the little girl – to the initial apprehension of his wife and her son. However, Lucy’s sweet, spirited charm slowly wins over her new family, and as she overcomes the trauma of her...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2016-10-20

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From Glasgow on the brink of the Great War to the cut-throat world of London publishing - the spellbinding saga of three remarkable generations.Cathy: a Glasgow factory-girl who experiences love, its loss and a kind of victory in the space of two turbulent wartime years...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-20

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For Sarah Hawke, daughter of an impoverished miner, life offered little beyond the grime of Glasgow in the 1890s and the eternal drudgery of back-breaking work. Until a mysterious stranger entered her life. A stranger who turned out to be her real father - and the owner...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-20

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They called it Black Friday in Parr Street when the factory closed. And whole families in the slums of Glasgow during the Depression felt the cruel sting of despair. Vicky Devine's father, George, was devastated. But young Ken Blacklaws had steel in his veins: 'I'm...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-20

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Norma McKenzie's bubbly, irrepressible Glaswegian spirit ensured that she would never remain downtrodden. When her family are forced to move into a Glasgow tenement, it is not long before she meets popular, handsome, blue-eyed Midge Henderson. Captivated by each other,...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-20

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