Fiction
Paperback
Titles in this set: the bad apple no one's girl the empty cradle whispers the ribbon weaver dilly's sacrifice dilly's lass dilly's hope a band of steel the maid's courage the mill girl condition: brand new format: paperback publisher: zaffre age range: adult overview: the rosie goodwin collection brings together eleven brand-new paperback sagas from one of britain's best-loved storytellers of working-class life. Spanning standalone tales and the dilly's story trilogy, this set is packed with resilient heroines, wartime hardship, family secrets, and hard-won happy endings. Ideal for saga readers who devour catherine cookson or josephine cox, it's a generous gift-ready bundle offering hours of heartfelt historical reading. About the books: this collection opens with two of goodwin's earliest novels, the bad apple and no one's girl, set in the midlands and filled with young women fighting poverty, prejudice, and betrayal to forge their own paths. The empty cradle and whispers explore loss and long-buried secrets within tightly knit communities, while the ribbon weaver turns to the textile trade for a story of ambition and quiet courage. A band of steel and the maid's courage bring wartime britain and domestic service to life, following ordinary women called on to show extraordinary strength, and the mill girl rounds out the standalone titles with a classic tale of hardship overcome through grit and community. At the heart of the set sits the complete dill...