Paperback
Titles in this set: a mother's courage the miner's girl a daughter's duty a daughter's gift a daughter's secret eliza's child workhouse child condition: brand new format: paperback isbn: 9780081096895 publisher: ebury press overview: set in the mining towns of county durham, the maggie hope 7 books collection gathers seven standalone sagas about mothers, daughters and children facing poverty and hard choices with quiet determination. Written by beloved saga author maggie hope, this paperback set suits readers who love authentic northern settings, working-class heroines and stories of family loyalty tested by hardship. A generous, affordable way to collect a much-loved backlist, it also makes a thoughtful gift. About the books: each title stands alone but shares maggie hope's trademark warmth and eye for period detail. In a mother's courage, eleanor saint devotes herself to helping poorer families in her mining town, even as her own domestic life grows complicated. The miner's girl follows a young woman striving for a better life against a colliery backdrop. In a daughter's duty, rose sharpe is forced to leave school at fourteen, her hopes of independence crushed by a domineering father. A daughter's gift follows elizabeth, orphaned with her siblings and sent to a children's home determined and loyal, she fights to keep her family connected. A daughter's secret tells of sisters cath raine and her sibling, abandoned by their mother and left to fend for themselves...