Just before her 15th birthday, Jinnie Howlett is offered a position as maid-of-all-work at a farm near the Cumbrian border. But when she meets her... Read more

Fanny McBride was a cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow with a large, cheerful family. Being a woman of resource, Fanny took on a job at the... Read more

A powerful, compelling story of false promises and family conflict, set in rural England at the end of the 19th century. Read more

Even the approach to Christmas fails to excite restless Agnes Conway, the twenty-two-year-old manager of the sweet and tobacconist shops owned by... Read more

Mary Walton is the apple of her father's eye; his only comfort during the dark years of the Depression when he is faced with unemployment. His... Read more

Davie Armstrong watches as his master, Angus McBain, publicly thrashes young Molly Geary for refusing to name the man who had made her pregnant. And... Read more

Set in the aftermath of the Second World War, this book encompasses the social change taking place and the pains and pleasures of the brave new... Read more

This volume contains two Catherine Cookson novels, "Hannah Massey" and "The Fifteen Streets". Hannah Massey's favourite... Read more

Rosie finds it hard to cope with her eldest sister's over-possessive nature. Since the death of their mother Beatrice has been insufferably... Read more

This collection is set against the background of places already familiar to Catherine Cookson's readers - the North-East, the South Coast and... Read more