Wishing Water

<p>Lissa Turner seems to have everything. But Lissa's real mother left her as a baby, and her feelings of confusion have persisted through the years. Secretly Lissa wants nothing more than to be loved and cherished, but her lack of faith in herself launches her into a disastrous marriage with sinister consequences. <i>Wishing Water </i>is the story of a heroine who overcomes the emotional legacy of her troubled past and discovers the confidence to grasp happiness.</p>

Literature & Fiction

Lightfoot, Freda

Literary

Hodder&Stoughton

The Brandon twins are unalike in every way except in their love of their home, Larkrigg Hall. Beth is the romantic one with dreams of an idyllic life in rural Lakeland. Sarah is ambitious, ready to take risks with the family business to achieve the life-style she craves. But jealousy and greed mar their uncertain relationship so that when tragedy strikes, both sisters are forced to come to terms with a very different situation. Sarah goes off to Italy, Beth loses the man she loves, and their relationship is put through its most severe test as they learn to fight for, or lose, the things that matter most to them.

Larkrigg Fell

Contemporary

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Lily Thorpe has big dreams—she wants to make her fortune as a dressmaker, get away from the poor fishing community of Carreckwater, and she wants to marry Dick Rawlings, her secret sweethert. But when tragedy strikes and Dick is killed in a boating accident, Lily is forced to come to terms with life without him. She soon finds, however, that fate is not that simple, and she is torn between a desire for revenge and her continuing wish to make a better life for herself.

Lakeland Lily

Genre Fiction

Polly Pride lives with her protestant husband Matthew and their two children in the poor part of Manchester. Despite money worries they are happy, but when Matthew loses his job, Polly decides she must do her bit to keep the family from starvation. She sells all the family's goods, using the money to turn their home into a small shop from which she sells second-hand rugs and carpets. This does not please her husband, or his family, who has never accepted their son marrying a catholic, and so Polly not only has to struggle to make a living, but also has to fight to keep her family from falling apart.

Manchester Pride

Romance

World War II may be over, but Polly Pride feels as though the fighting has moved to her own home. Polly knows that she risks losing everything, but refuses to go back to Ancoats and a life of grinding poverty. And she won't stand by and watch her family tear itself to pieces.

Polly's War

Three girls are seeking escape. Each of them is captivated by the travelling theater, each is pretending to be someone she is not, and all are in love with the same man. Katherine is escaping her marriage and throws herself into an acting career, Charlotte can have any man she wants, and she wants Archie—whoever is standing in her way, and Esme is relishing in the theater life as a stark contrast to her life as a parson's daughter.

Kitty Little

Isabella Ashton has always been her father's favourite, but when she becomes involved with the new birth control movement, Simeon is scandalised. He tells himself that it will be merely a phase before she settles down to a respectable marriage, but as Bella's enthusiasm for 'fallen women' shows no sign of abating, Simeon loses patience and banished her from the family home. Running a family planning clinic in Salford's mean streets is challenging but rewarding work, and Bella is grateful for the help of Violet Howarth, a big, generous-hearted woman who takes her in. Violet's son Dan also supports her mission and comradeship quickly turns into love. But Bella is also involved with handsome, ne'er-do-well Billy Quinn, leader of an illegal betting ring. His jealousy and possessiveness brings matters to a head and Bella finds everything she has worked for at risk, and herself in mortal danger...

The Favourite Child

Gracie's Sin

In 1942, three young women craving adventure join the Women's Timber Corps, all for different reasons. After the rigours of forestry training in Cornwall and a spell as acting air-raid wardens, the trio are posted to the Lake District. But their enemy is the War, and faith and friendship are tested to the utmost.

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Wishing Water

Larkrigg Fell

Lakeland Lily

Manchester Pride

Polly's War

Polly's War

Kitty Little

The Favourite Child

Gracie's Sin

Gracie's Sin