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(0)Margaret Dickinson
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Pub. Date
2021
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English
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In 1929, life for ten-year-old Mattie Price, born and raised in the back streets of Sheffield, is tough. With a petty thief for a father and a mother who turns to the bottle to cope with her husband's brutish ways, it is left to the young girl and her brother, Joe, to feed and care for their three younger siblings. But Mattie has others rooting for her too. The Spencer family, who live at the top of the same street, and Mattie's teachers recognise...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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?I?m going to live in that house, Dad. One day I?ll be mistress of Thornsby Manor . . .? It is 1910 in the Lincolnshire Wolds. Young Rosie Waterhouse lives with her father, Sam, well known as the local poacher, in a cottage on the Thornsby estate. The land is owned by William Ramsey, a harsh and heartless man who is determined his only son, Byron, should marry well and produce an heir. Rosie is quick to learn the tricks of her father?s trade and it?s...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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It is 1940s coastal Lincolnshire and Carolyn Holmes is keen to do what she can for the war effort. Raised on the family farm, she is prevented by her mother, Lilian, from going to secretarial college after leaving the local grammar school, although nothing is too good for her brother, Tom. Phyllis Carter, a widow from the Great War, lives close by with her son, Peter, who works on the farm. Peter and Carolyn are great friends but do not see a future...
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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Ruthlessly ambitious Ambrose Constantine is determined that his daughter, Annabel, shall marry into the nobility. A fish merchant and self-made man, he has only his wealth to buy his way into society. During the London season, Annabel is courted by James Lyndon, the Earl of Fairfield, whose country estate is only a few miles from her grandfather's farm. Believing herself truly loved at last, Annabel accepts his offer of marriage. It is only when she...
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English
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The Ryan family are adjusting to life in the aftermath of World War I. Walter has returned home a broken man and so it falls to his son Josh and daughter Emily to do their best to keep their family business going. Josh and Emily are great friends with Thomas 'Trip' Trippet and Amy Clark. Together the foursome roam the hills and dales. Romance blossoms for Josh and Amy while Emily falls in love with Trip but is unsure if the feeling is mutual. Their...
10) Welcome home
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Language
English
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Edie Kelsey and Lil Horton have been friends for over 20 years. So it was no surprise that their children were close and that Edie's son, Frank, and Lil's daughter, Irene, would fall in love and marry at a young age. But the declaration of war in 1939 changed everything. Frank went off to fight, and Irene and baby, Tommy, along with Edie's youngest son are sent to the countryside for safety. With Edie's husband, Archie, fishing the dangerous waters...
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Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Rose and Myrtle Sylvester look up to their older sister, Peggy. She is the sensible, reliable one in the household of women headed by their grandmother, Grace Booth, and their mother, Mary Sylvester. When war is declared in 1939 they must face the hardships together and huge changes in their lives are inevitable.
12) Without sin
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Publisher
Clipper Audio
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Set in Nottinghamshire in the years preceding the First World War, 'Without sin' is another saga from the author of 'Red sky in the morning'.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Can love and friendship survive hardship and war? Following the gripping story of the Ryan family in Margaret Dickinson's top ten bestseller 'The Buffer Girls', 'Daughters of Courage' sees Emily and Trip fight to keep their new life afloat in the turbulent 1930s. Emily Ryan has gone up in the world since her arrival in Sheffield. Brought there by her mother's ambitious schemes for her brother, she had found work as a buffer girl polishing cutlery...
15) Jenny's war
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Publisher
Pan
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Is it possible for a ten-year-old girl to fall in love? Jenny Mercer thinks so. Evacuated to Lincolnshire from the East End at the outbreak of war, she is frightened of the open spaces and the huge skies. But the Thornton family soon makes her feel welcome. And no one more so than Georgie, the handsome RAF pilot.