<p>Old Mrs Winthrop has never given up hope of finding her daughter, who ran away with a Romany and was never seen again. Richard Crossley sets out to find the missing daughter, and discovers the colourful world of the fairs and the gypsies. He also discovers Polly Anna - once a waif from the workhouse, now a fully-fledged woman.</p>

The Gypsy Girl

Literature & Fiction

Val Wood

Genre Fiction

Corgi

Sarah Foster's parents have been fighting a constant battle with poverty, disease and crime. When her father, Will, is involved in a terrible accident at work, their lives became even harder. But Will's good deeds of the past pay off as John Rayner decides to rescue the Fosters. John provides them with work and a house on the estate owned by his wealthy family. It is at this new home on the crumbling coastline of Holderness that Sarah is born - and grows into a bright and beautiful girl, and a great source of strength to those around her. As John grows closer to Sarah, he becomes increasingly aware of his love for her. But could these two very different people ever make their love story truly work? If you enjoy books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.

The Hungry Tide

Corgi Books

Can two friends find hope in hard times? Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood, they have supported each other in bad times and good. But their families are bound together by more than friendship, and secrets from the past threaten to make their lives even more difficult. The local cotton mill has provided work for Ruby and Grace since they were nine years old, and now years later both girls find themselves the object of attention from the mill owner's sons. As times grow harder, and money ever scarcer, Grace becomes involved in campaigns against poverty and injustice, while Ruby is tempted into prostitution. The two girls are searching for something that could take them far away ...But what price will they pay to find it? If you like books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.

The Doorstep Girls

BANTAM PRESS

The third in "The Hungry Tide" series. Set in the late 1850s, a baby is bought to the Rayner family home. The family assume the child is James's, not Gilbert's, who is on the verge of marriage. This signals a family furore and disaster begins to fall on the Rayners.

Children of the Tide

Rosa grew up an orphan in a remote, watery island fastness on the wild east coast of Yorkshire. Taken in by the kind Mrs Drew, Rosa's past was shrouded in mystery. Mr Drew knew the secret of Rosa's past - and so did the two returned Irishmen, who threatened everything which Rosa held most dear.

Rosa's island

The long walk home

Val Wood Collection 3 Books Set (The Lonely Wife, Four Sisters, Children of Fortune)

Corgi Ltd

The Kitchen Maid

Magna Large Print Books

Holderness, 1846. For reliable, thirteen-year-old Bella, life isn’t turning out quite as she’d hoped. She lives at the Woodman Inn—an ancient hostelry run by her family in the Yorkshire countryside—surrounded by two older brothers who never pull their weight and a flighty younger sister. When Bella learns not only that her father is seriously ill, but that her mother is expecting a fifth child, her dreams of leaving home to become a schoolteacher are quickly dashed. Times are hard, and when their father dies, Bella also has to take on the role of mother to her baby brother. Her days are brightened by the occasional visit from Jamie Lucan , the eighteen-year-old son of a wealthy landowner in a neighbouring coastal village. Also grieving the loss of a parent, Jamie has more in common with Bella than she thinks. When her mother announces out of the blue that she wants to move the family to Hull, Bella is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. They arrive to find that the public house they are now committed to buying is run-down and dilapidated. Could things get any worse? Or could this move turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Bella?

The Innkeeper's Daughter

Soundings Audio Books

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The Gypsy Girl

The Hungry Tide

The Doorstep Girls

The Hungry Tide

Children of the Tide

Rosa's island

The long walk home

Val Wood Collection 3 Books Set (The Lonely Wife, Four Sisters, Children of Fortune)

The Kitchen Maid

The Innkeeper's Daughter