Set in the 1930s, this stand-alone sequel to Mary's Child follows the fortunes of Chrissie Ballantyne and her family, which she is determined to hold together, despite her husband facing bankruptcy and the rapid approach of World War II.

Chrissie's Children

Literature & Fiction

Carr, Irene

Contemporary

Hodder&Stoughton

Thrown out of her family home as a child with her disgraced father, Josie Langley struggles against poverty. She moves to London where she finds work as a maid in a wealthy household. But when she returns to Monkwearmouth to take up a post in a family home, Josie finds her past catches up with her.

Lovers Meeting

Genre Fiction

The harsh urban life of 1900s Sunderland is no place for beautiful, innocent Laura, whose determined spirit brings nothing but trouble. In love with wealthy Ralph, she flees to London, rejected by his family and threatened by her cruel stepfather. But there she finds only heartache and treachery. Amidst the hardship and brutality of World War I she is forced to think twice about everything she holds dear, and when the bloodshed finally ceases she faces another struggle—with her past. The fancy woman must return to the scornful streets of her birthplace. Unbeknownst to her, it may offer love in the last place she'd ever imagine looking.

Fancy Woman

Romance

Orphaned at a young age, Rachel is left penniless and alone in the streets of turn-of-the-century Newcastle. In the depths of despair, she is delighted to learn that her eccentric Uncle Joshua has left her his house in Sunderland. But it comes with a strict provison—she must marry her sworn enemy Martin, or her dangerous cousin Saul Gorman will inherit the lot. And Saul will stop at nothing to claim inheritance.

Rachel

<p>Alison Grant is just five when her father is sent to prison for murder. Taunted at school for being a jailbird's daughter, then abandoned by her mother, she goes to live with her grandmother. She tells her only new friend that her mother is dead and her father is a ship's captain. It is the beginning of a new life of lies and deception, which continues after her grandmother's death. Alison begins to dream of owning a chain of cafes and becoming a lady, but her family's shaming secret will come back to haunt her once more.</p>

Jailbird's Daughter

Coronet

FANCY WOMAN.

'Cookson fans will lap up this enthralling turn-of-the-century saga.' - HARTLEPOOL MAIL on Mary's Child Chrissie's Children is a story of joy and courage in the face of adversity which evokes the turmoil of the North-East in the Thirties. Chrissie has worked her way up from the backstreets to own The Railway Hotel and to give her children the opportunities she never had. But in the summer of 1923, her husband's shipyard is staring ruin in the face. Closure would mean poverty and near starvation for the hundreds of workers. Chrissie determines to hold her family together, come what may. But, in spite of her efforts, the winds of war will tear them all apart, and threaten to destroy everything Chrissie holds dear...

Chrissie's Children (U)

Ulverscroft

<p>'In the bestselling tradition of Catherine Cookson' - MIDDLESBOROUGH EVENING GAZETTE 'Sheer descriptive talent shines through here...gritty...powerful stuff' - DORSET EVENING ECHO 'Catherine Cookson-readalike...a delight' - COLCHESTER EVENING GAZETTE When she is just a child, Josie Langley is thrown out of the family home. Her grandfather, whose thriving shipyard was once the pride of Victorian Monkwearmouth, has never forgiven his eldest son for marrying the serving girl, Josie's mother. Moving from Sunderland to London where she and her mother find kitchen work, Josie struggles against poverty and misfortune - and against the relentless acts of vengeance of one of the workers sacked from the shipyard. Lured back to Sunderland, Josie meets the two men who are to have a devastating impact on her life.</p>

Ulverscroft Crown

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Chrissie's Children

Lovers Meeting

Lovers Meeting

Fancy Woman

Rachel

Jailbird's Daughter

Lovers Meeting

FANCY WOMAN.

Chrissie's Children (U)

Lovers Meeting