Anne Bennett

Agnes Sullivan is fifteen when her young brother Tom finds her drunk and crying in the lane near their farm. Her dancing teacher has raped her and abandoned her. Aggie is forced to leave home when she discovers she's pregnant and Tom, barely a teenager himself, decides the teacher must pay for his actions.Aggie flees to Birmingham, but the safe haven she's been promised turns out to be too dangerous to stay in. She's left with few options until someone she would never have spoken to in her former life gives her the help she so desperately needs. But will World War One ruin her precarious hopes of a future?Anne Bennett's sagas of Birmingham during the wars have won her many fans, as they are packed full of emotion, determination and authenticity. Regional sagas don't come any better than this.

A Daughter's Secret

Molly's life changes forever when her mother is killed in a horrific accident. Although her beloved grandfather wants to keep her and little brother Kevin with him in Birmingham, the authorities decide it's best for the girl to live with her maternal grandmother, on a farm in Donegal. So Molly is packed off to Biddy Sullivan, who's a hard, cruel woman who loves to bear a grudge. Years of hardship follow and just as Molly begins to grow independent, war breaks out. She learns that her grandfather has died - so what's become of Kevin? He's only ten, and he must need her. So the naive country girl sets off for her home city, little guessing what perils are to befall her before she can discover her brother's fate...

A Sister's Promise

Bridgette has been hurt many times in her life. Her early years were blighted by her spoilt brother; her marriage ruined by World War Two. Now her mother is dying. And then comes a deathbed revelation - somewhere Bridgette has another family and a father.Bridgette joins the war effort and shows her courage by aiding a British Agent whose life is in danger. But, as the war draws to a close, Bridgette is still full of questions about her past and is determined to find the answers. So she sets off for Birmingham - not knowing what she will discover, but desperately hoping to find a place where she can finally belong...

Keep the Home Fires Burning

A Girl Can Dream

1938: Sixteen-year-old Kate Monroe is living in Birmingham, far away from her family in Ireland. Her parents have always doted on her siblings, Sally and James, leaving no time for her. Kate harbours a dark secret, a deep longing for her cousin. Feelings she must suppress in this deeply staunch Irish-Catholic community -- even if they are reciprocated. Crazed by her infatuation, Kate is left with no option, other than to up-roots once more and seek out a new life, far away from the temptation of Tim Monroe. Will Kate find true love, or will distance make the heart grow fonder?

Far from Home

Janette Busch

Every Breath I Take - the Life Story of Anne Bennett

Can an ordinary girl dare to be different? The compelling new bestseller from Birmingham's Queen of Fiction Janet is determined to make something of herself, instead of being chained to a sink with a baby a year like most women of her generation. She passes her eleven-plus and wins a scholarship to go to a good grammar school, but her father refuses to believe that girls have the right to do anything other than look after their husbands and raise children. Struggling to fit in at her new school and picked on by the other girls, Janet befriends, Ruth, another lonely pupil whose Jewish family have suffered many hardships. Janet and Ruth forge a strong friendship through her school life and beyond. But will their friendship survive when Janet falls for Ruth's brother, Ben -marriage to a Catholic girl would go against everything his community hold dear. When the whole world seems stacked against her, can Janet hold onto her dreams?

A Little Learning

The latest heartrending tale of hope and heartache from bestselling author Anne Bennett. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves.

Pack Up Your Troubles

Clinton Bennett

When young Maeve Brannigan arrives in Birmingham in 1930, having left her family farm in Donegal, she can't believe her luck when she meets and falls in love with Brendan Hogan. But as they settle into married life it soon becomes clear that Brendan is not the man she thought he was. After one horrific spate of abuse, Maeve takes her children and returns to Donegal. But it's not long before the close-knit Catholic community make it clear that Maeve must make the best of her marriage. How much longer can she endure the torments of a man she has grown to hate?

A story of struggle and hardship and one girl��e�(tm)s battle for survival from the best-selling author of If You Were the Only Girl and Another Man��e�(tm)s Child. Angela McCluskey comes to Birmingham from Ireland with her family as a young girl to escape the terrible poverty in her homeland. But the dream of a better life is dashed as bad fortune dogs the family. When Angela marries her childhood sweetheart, she has hopes of a brighter future, which are dashed when her husband is called up to fight in the Great War. Tragedy strikes and Angela is left to rear her frail daughter on her own, though the worst is yet to come when Angela suffers another terrible misfortune. Pregnant and destitute and already with one mouth to feed that she can ill afford, there is nowhere left to turn. What destiny awaits Angela and her unborn child? Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, will Angela forever be punished for the choices that she makes?

The Winter Waif

A heartbreaking tale of love and loss in a time of war, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves.

A Strong Hand to Hold

The heartbreaking new novel from the bestselling author of The Forget-me-not Child and If You Were the Only Girl.

Child on the Doorstep

When Lucy s father dies, she is forced to take a job in service as a scullery maid at Windthorpe House, home to the aristocratic Hetheringtons, who lost three of their sons in the Great War. When their only remaining son, Clive returns home, he and Lucy strike up an immediate bond but Clive, much to his family s alarm, decides to volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, though when he returns, he is injured. With the outbreak of war ever more certain, the two fall in love. But Hitler s troops are gathering and fate has something very different in store for both of them

If You Were the Only Girl

Their love crossed the class divide, but will it survive the ravages of war?

A heartrending saga of a sister separated from her baby brother by tragedy and prejudice, who will brave the Blitz to bring him to safety

A Sister’s Promise

A moving and gritty saga of loss, separation and finally hope, set in wartime Birmingham

A Daughter’s Secret

A heartrending tale of love and tragedy during The Birmingham Blitz. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves.

Love Me Tender

A compelling and heartrending collection of novels. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves.

Anne Bennett 3-Book Collection: A Sister’s Promise, A Daughter’s Secret, A Mother’s Spirit

A heartrending and heartwarming saga of the Birmingham blitz, from the author of DANNY BOY.

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