c 1900 to c 1909

Hampshire, 1913. Amidst the glitz and glamour of England's High Society, Sarah Trenwith is more of a wallflower living in the shadow of her beautiful sister Marianne. But as the war approaches Sarah will have to step out of the place society and her family have assigned her if she's to do her par...

Elsie's worked her way up at Swift's Jam Factory from the shop floor to the top, and now it's her time to shine. But when she's involved in an incident involving her half-sister Millie's new husband, she is forced to keep it secret - the truth could threaten their sisterly bond. Dot is dogged by ...

Margaret is sure that one day she'll be a somebody, even though right now she's just a miserable nobody who's fallen foul of the cruel matron at the orphanage. She runs away, and fate soon takes a hand in the form of her friend's brother, Peter.

December 1902. Rose O'Leary is looking forward to her baby girl's first Christmas. But then tragedy strikes: her husband dies at the shipyard where he works and within days his friend, Nathaniel, makes it plain he's determined to have her. Rose flees with her child, but soon finds the world is a ...

December 1902. Rose O'Leary is looking forward to her baby girl's first Christmas. But then tragedy strikes: her husband dies at the shipyard where he works and within days his friend, Nathaniel, makes it plain he's determined to have her.Rose flees with her child, but soon finds the world is a c...

First published in 1906, this semi-autobiographical novel is a key text for understanding Italian women's writing of the twentieth century and offers a tremendous insight into fin de sicle Italian life and its complex web of social issues. Aleramo's astonishing account takes the reader across a t...