Showroom Sample Wartime & Saga Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4034

Showroom Sample Wartime & Saga Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4034

Eighteen wartime and saga fiction titles from the heart of the genre — Katie Flynn, Annie Murray, Dilly Court, Anna Jacobs, Val Wood, Elizabeth Buchan, and more — spanning the factory floors and back streets of wartime Britain from Birmingham to the Mersey. Please note these are showroom sample copies and may have a small sticker on the cover and show light signs of wear.

1. The Lonely Orphan — Cathy Sharp — A child navigating wartime Britain without family in the emotionally engaging opening to Sharp's Halfpenny Orphan series. Sharp writes the orphan saga with unflinching warmth.
2. The Forget-Me-Not Summer — Katie Flynn — A Liverpool family faces the approaching shadow of war in this novel from one of the genre's most beloved authors; Flynn's Liverpool settings are among the most vivid in wartime saga fiction.
3. The Flour Mill Girls — Anna Cliffe — The Graham family at the centre of a Northern flour mill must confront secrets that have long shaped their lives in this emotionally involving family saga.
4. A Mother's Struggle — Kitty Neale — A woman determined to protect her children against poverty and domestic violence in postwar South London. Neale writes the urban working-class saga with a directness that distinguishes her from softer writers in the genre.
5. The Christmas Wedding — Dilly Court — A Victorian melodrama in which a Christmas wedding becomes the focal point for secrets and long-standing rivalries. Court moves her plots with great efficiency.
6. The Woolworths Girl's Promise — Elaine Everest — A young woman's promise to a dying friend takes her through the upheavals of wartime and reconstruction in this instalment of Everest's popular Woolworths Girls series.
7. The Factory Girls of Lark Lane — Pam Howes — Women working in a Liverpool factory during the Second World War discover that friendship is the strongest thing they have. Howes writes the factory girl saga with real affection for her characters and their world.
8. One Kind Man — Anna Jacobs — Set in the 1930s Depression, this novel follows a woman who finds unexpected kindness from a stranger at the lowest point of her life. Jacobs writes emotional family drama with consistent quality across multiple series.
9. A Valley Secret — Anna Jacobs — A woman who has come to settle in a Northern valley discovers that it holds secrets kept for generations. The second in Jacobs's Birch End series.
10. A Mother's Trust — Dilly Court — A young Victorian woman finds that the man she has trusted with her heart has a darker side than she imagined. Court delivers her melodramas with the efficiency of a writer who knows exactly what her readers want.
11. I Can't Begin to Tell You — Elizabeth Buchan — Set across occupied Europe during the Second World War, this novel follows a woman living a double life as a resistance operative and dutiful wife. Buchan is one of the most literary writers working in popular wartime fiction.
12. Wartime for the Chocolate Girls — Annie Murray — Women workers at the Cadbury factory in Bournville carry on through the war in this novel full of period detail and real affection for its characters. Murray's Birmingham factory sagas are among the best in the genre.
13. Children of Fortune — Val Wood — Two families with intertwined histories must confront the secrets that have bound them across generations. Wood writes the Yorkshire saga with an authority that comes from years of immersion in the material.
14. A Mother's Wish — Dilly Court — A Victorian mother fighting poverty and indifference to give her children a better life. Court's maternal heroines are among the most determined in popular fiction.
15. A Simple Wish — Rosie Goodwin — A girl who has always dreamed of something more than her circumstances allow refuses to give up, even as life seems determined to defeat her. Goodwin is one of the most prolific and popular writers in the British saga.
16. Christmas with the Wartime Midwives — Daisy Styles — The midwives of Mary Vale Home face their most challenging wartime Christmas yet in this instalment of Styles's beloved series.
17. The Lost Child — Elizabeth Gill — After a childhood marked by poverty and hardship, a child grown to adulthood must finally confront the past that shaped them. Gill writes the Northern working-class saga with considerable emotional intelligence.
18. A Ration Book Victory — Jean Fullerton — As the war ends, the East End community that has endured it together must find new ways to stay together in the strange peace that follows. Fullerton's Ration Book series is one of the most satisfying in the wartime East End genre.