Maggie Craig

Maggie Craig

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

Summary

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?

About the authors

Marie Joseph

Marie Joseph was born in Lancashire and was educated at Blackburn High School for Girls. Before her marriage she was in the Civil Service. She lived in Middlesex with her husband, a retired chartered Engineer, and had two daughters and eight grandchildren.

Marie Joseph began her writing career as a short-story writer and used her Northern background to enrich her bestselling novels. Down-to-earth characters bring a vivid authenticity to her stories, which were written with both humour and poignancy.

Her novel: A Better World Than This won the 1987 Romantic Novelist's Association Major Award.

She died in 1996.
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