Our Lizzie
~ Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit. At twelve she loses her father and her happy family life ends as
her mother grows to resent her. Then circumstances push Lizzie into an early marriage, where she finds her mother’s petty cruelties replaced by her husband’s frequent beatings. But she is a survivor. When World War I breaks out, Lizzie’s husband is forced to join up and she seizes the opportunity to run away. She finds independence and friendship in a munitions factory-and the promises of new love. But as war ends, the shadow of her husband looms again. Can she break free of him and find happiness….?
Our Polly
~Little Billy is the light of Polly’s life- it’s for her son’s sake that she puts up with an unkind mother-in-law
and an isolated farm. Then Billy is knocked down by a car, his father killed attempting to save his life, and Polly, cast off by her husband’s family, is left with a child who may never walk or talk again. Polly’s own family, the Kershaw’s, provide all the support they can, but they are unable to outmaneuver the malicious doctor who is determined to have Billy taken away from his mother. Forced to flee to the Fylde coast, Polly and Billy find that their future may lie with another damaged family. But danger threatens their fragile happiness….
Our Eva
~ Eva Kershaw is happy living with her dear friend Alice, who has been like a mother to her. Their house in
a quiet Lancashire village in the foothills of the Pennines has been an oasis of peace. But three years after the end of the Great War, change is in the air. Alice is dying and Eva is further upset by the unexpected arrival of Gus Blake, Alice’s nephew. Eva does not want to share her beloved friend’s last days with anyone, but at Alice’s request, Gus stays on. Alice’s greatest regret is that she never had children and shes determined Eva shall not make the same mistake. She sees in Gus-young, handsome, and confident- the answer to her prayers….
Our Mary Ann
~ Mary Ann is illegitimate and life in 1905 is hard. It rapidly becomes worse when her new stepfather
begins to interfere with her. Sent away at fifteen to bear his child she meets Gabriel Clough, who helps her escape to Blackpool after the birth. The Great War brings Mary Ann many new opportunities, and brings Gabriel back into her life. But circumstances mean they can never be together. It is not until her mother dies that Mary Ann returns to Lancashire, determined to uncover the secrets of her past. Then danger threatens both her and the child she thought she’d lost forever….
