a moving and emotional Lancashire saga about one woman’s resolve to start afresh

A World Apart

If you like Katie Flynn, Rosie Clarke and Catherine Cookson, you will love this captivating and heart -warming saga by bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph. We meet Daisy Bell again (A Better World Than This) - in the aftermath of war, can she build a new life? 
 
'Marie Joseph is an amazing success story' -- Woman's Weekly 
'Marie Joseph has the same rare, magical gift as Catherine Cookson for turning everyday people with everyday lives into the stuff of fascination.' -- Kent Evening Post 
'She is a winner every time she writes' -- Manchester Evening News 
'Marie Joseph's descriptions and turn of phrase are a joy to read...' -- ***** Reader review 
'Loved this story, pure escapism' -- ***** Reader review 
'Compelling and very readable - recommended for an afternoon relaxing read.' -- ***** Reader 
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IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, CAN SHE BUILD A NEW LIFE? 
 
1947: The war is over, finally. 
 
Life at Daisy Penny's Blackpool boarding house, Shangri-La, is good - as good as it can be when you've got to feed your family and guests on rations and your husband is sickly. But still she carries on... 
 
However, when tragedy strikes, the indomitable Daisy makes the difficult decision to cut her ties, sell her boarding-house in Blackpool and start a new life in the country. 
 
Has she the strength to start afresh? 
 
Daisy's story started in A Better World Than This, which won the Romantic Novelists' Award.

If you like Katie Flynn, Rosie Clarke and Catherine Cookson, you will love this captivating and heart -warming saga by bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph. We meet Daisy Bell again (A Better World Than This) - in the aftermath of war, can she build a new life? 
 
'Marie Joseph is an amazing success story' -- Woman's Weekly 
'Marie Joseph has the same rare, magical gift as Catherine Cookson for turning everyday people with everyday lives into the stuff of fascination.' -- Kent Evening Post 
'She is a winner every time she writes' -- Manchester Evening News 
'Marie Joseph's descriptions and turn of phrase are a joy to read...' -- ***** Reader review 
'Loved this story, pure escapism' -- ***** Reader review 
'Compelling and very readable - recommended for an afternoon relaxing read.' -- ***** Reader 
********************************************************* 
IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, CAN SHE BUILD A NEW LIFE? 
 
1947: The war is over, finally. 
 
Life at Daisy Penny's Blackpool boarding house, Shangri-La, is good - as good as it can be when you've got to feed your family and guests on rations and your husband is sickly. But still she carries on... 
 
However, when tragedy strikes, the indomitable Daisy makes the difficult decision to cut her ties, sell her boarding-house in Blackpool and start a new life in the country. 
 
Has she the strength to start afresh? 
 
Daisy's story started in A Better World Than This, which won the Romantic Novelists' Award.

an emotional, enthralling and incredibly moving love story from bestselling saga author Marie Joseph

A Leaf in the Wind

Let bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph take you to another world and lose yourself in this beautifully written and mesmerising saga about love against all odds. Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Harris and Catherine Cookson will not be disappointed. 
 
'Marie Joseph is an amazing success story' -- Woman's Weekly 
'She is a winner every time she writes' -- Manchester Evening News 
'I love Marie Joseph books and this one did not disappoint.' -- ***** Reader review 
'Loved this story, pure escapism' -- ***** Reader review 
'Compelling and very readable - recommended for an afternoon relaxing read.' -- ***** Reader 
 
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WORLDS APART, BUT DRAWN TO EACH OTHER... 
 
Their lives could not have been more different. Jenny was the girl from the meat shop, born into squalor and defeat. Paul Tunstall was a soldier and a gentleman, arrogant and charming, with his silver-light eyes and boyish smile. 
And yet from the moment they met there was a spark between them - and their separate lives of pain and loneliness seemed to beckon to each other. 
 
Will love win out, against all odds?

Let bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph take you to another world and lose yourself in this beautifully written and mesmerising saga about love against all odds. Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Harris and Catherine Cookson will not be disappointed. 
 
'Marie Joseph is an amazing success story' -- Woman's Weekly 
'She is a winner every time she writes' -- Manchester Evening News 
'I love Marie Joseph books and this one did not disappoint.' -- ***** Reader review 
'Loved this story, pure escapism' -- ***** Reader review 
'Compelling and very readable - recommended for an afternoon relaxing read.' -- ***** Reader 
 
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WORLDS APART, BUT DRAWN TO EACH OTHER... 
 
Their lives could not have been more different. Jenny was the girl from the meat shop, born into squalor and defeat. Paul Tunstall was a soldier and a gentleman, arrogant and charming, with his silver-light eyes and boyish smile. 
And yet from the moment they met there was a spark between them - and their separate lives of pain and loneliness seemed to beckon to each other. 
 
Will love win out, against all odds?

Gemini Girls, Footsteps in the Park and Maggie Craig

Marie Joseph Omnibus

Here in a specially chosen edition are three of Marie Joseph's best-loved novels. 
 
GEMINI GIRLS: 
Libby and Carrie were more than sisters. Mirror images, they were different sides of the same heart, impossible to separate or divide. Until they both fell in love with Tom. 
FOOTSTEPS IN THE PARK: 
The Lancashire town was divided between the haves and the have-nots, between mill-owning Boltons and mill-working Armstrongs. But Dorothy Bolton was determined to cross the chasm and risk everything for the love of Stanley Armstrong ... 
MAGGIE CRAIG 
At the turn of the century the North of England was a harsh, bleak world - where joy and love were words in someone else's book. Strong-willed and beautiful, Maggie Craig flew in the face of that world ... and found that her passion was to cost her dearly all her life.

Since He Went Away

It is New Year's Eve 1936 when Wesley Battersby leaves his pretty wife Amy to go and live with Clara Marsden. 
 
Ashamed and frightened, Amy struggles with loneliness and hardship while Wesley is spending his money on buying the love of the flighty Clara. But Amy's warmth and vitality win her friends who give her renewed courage and confidence. And when the frivolous Clara leaves Wesley in search of a wealthier replacement, he realizes his foolish mistake and returns home, but to a woman changed almost beyond recognition ...

a collection of short stories exploring love in all its forms from bestselling author Marie Joseph

The Way We Were

Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Harris and Catherine Cookson will love this heart-warming collection of short stories exploring the themes of love from bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph. Full of her signature warmth and wonderful characters, this is one not to miss. 
 
'Marie Joseph is an amazing success story' -- Woman's Weekly 
'She is a winner every time she writes' -- Manchester Evening News 
'I love Marie Joseph books and this one did not disappoint.' -- ***** Reader review 
'Compelling and very readable - recommended for an afternoon relaxing read.' -- ***** Reader 
 
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In this wonderful collection of short stories we meet, among others, the young mother who eventually discovers nothing can compare with Christmas at home with her husband and children; a couple who are brought together again with unexpected help from a feline source; and a younger sister whose wedding brings faint misgivings and memories from the past... 
 
With compassion, insight and humour these stories explore the themes of love - its hopes, joys, disappointments and reconciliations. All are told through the sepia of nostalgia and tinged with the irony that is characteristic of Marie Joseph.

Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Harris and Catherine Cookson will love this heart-warming collection of short stories exploring the themes of love from bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph. Full of her signature warmth and wonderful characters, this is one not to miss. 
 
'Marie Joseph is an amazing success story' -- Woman's Weekly 
'She is a winner every time she writes' -- Manchester Evening News 
'I love Marie Joseph books and this one did not disappoint.' -- ***** Reader review 
'Compelling and very readable - recommended for an afternoon relaxing read.' -- ***** Reader 
 
*************************************************************************************** 
In this wonderful collection of short stories we meet, among others, the young mother who eventually discovers nothing can compare with Christmas at home with her husband and children; a couple who are brought together again with unexpected help from a feline source; and a younger sister whose wedding brings faint misgivings and memories from the past... 
 
With compassion, insight and humour these stories explore the themes of love - its hopes, joys, disappointments and reconciliations. All are told through the sepia of nostalgia and tinged with the irony that is characteristic of Marie Joseph.

a powerful and stirring turn-of-the-century northern saga about a woman’s determination from bestseller Marie Joseph

Maggie Craig

Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Harris and Catherine Cookson will love this compelling and captivating saga by bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph. When you're a woman in a man's world, you've got to do everything you can to make a way for yourself... 
 
'Marie Joseph is an amazing success story' -- Woman's Weekly 
'She is a winner every time she writes' -- Manchester Evening News 
'Compelling' -- ***** Reader review 
'Another Marie Joseph page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 
'Never ceases to pull at your heartstrings' -- ***** Reader review 
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IN A MAN'S WORLD, WILL HER PASSION AND STEELY DETERMINATION BE A HELP OR A HINDRANCE? 
 
At the turn of the century, the North of England is a hard, bleak world. A world where joy and love are in short supply - where men are resigned and women oppressed. 
 
Strong-willed and spirited, rebellious and beautiful, Maggie Craig flies in the face of the harshness of that world... 
 
Will her passion cost her dearly?

Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Harris and Catherine Cookson will love this compelling and captivating saga by bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph. When you're a woman in a man's world, you've got to do everything you can to make a way for yourself... 
 
'Marie Joseph is an amazing success story' -- Woman's Weekly 
'She is a winner every time she writes' -- Manchester Evening News 
'Compelling' -- ***** Reader review 
'Another Marie Joseph page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 
'Never ceases to pull at your heartstrings' -- ***** Reader review 
*************************************************************************************************** 
IN A MAN'S WORLD, WILL HER PASSION AND STEELY DETERMINATION BE A HELP OR A HINDRANCE? 
 
At the turn of the century, the North of England is a hard, bleak world. A world where joy and love are in short supply - where men are resigned and women oppressed. 
 
Strong-willed and spirited, rebellious and beautiful, Maggie Craig flies in the face of the harshness of that world... 
 
Will her passion cost her dearly?

Marie Joseph

It was a Lancashire mill town in the grim years of the Depression - a town divided between the haves and the have-nots, between families like the mill-owning Boltons and the millworking Armstrongs. But Dorothy Bolton was determined to cross that chasm and risk everything for the love of Stanley Armstrong. Even if it meant choosing sides.

Marie Joseph

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