Series: The Kershaw Sisters series

Our Eva by Anna Jacobs tells the story of Eva Kershaw, a woman who once believed she would never marry and found peace living a quiet life with her dear friend Alice. However, the tranquillity of Eva's life is disrupted when Alice falls ill, and her nephew, Gus, imposes himself into their household. Driven by the desire to prevent Eva...

Our Mary Ann is set in 1905 when life is hard for Mary Ann, an illegitimate child. Her situation rapidly worsens when her new stepfather starts to interfere with her. Sent away at fifteen to give birth to his child, she encounters Gabriel Clough, who aids her escape to Blackpool after the child's birth. The Great War presents Mary Ann...

Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit; ever since her father's death she has had to be a survivor. She makes an ill-advised marriage in order to escape her harsh home life. However, she quickly discovers that she has married a selfish and violent man. His beatings are ceaseless and she finds herself compelled to run away. With the help of...

Little Billy is the light of Polly's life - it's for her son's sake that she puts up with an unkind mother-in-law and an isolated farm. Then Billy is knocked down by a car, his father killed attempting to save his life, and Polly, cast off by her husband's family, is left with a child who may never walk or...