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"[A] winning tale of struggle and hard-won reward" featuring "sharp-tongued, viciously funny Kathy Kelly" from the bestselling author of Finding Peggy ( Publishers Weekly).Kathy Kelly, born in the heart of Glasgow's East End, comes from a family torn apart by conflict. She grows up with a sharp wit and a quick temper, constantly challenging those who cross her: her reproving grandmother; Con, her ... Read more

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"[A] winning tale of struggle and hard-won reward" featuring "sharp-tongued, viciously funny Kathy Kelly" from the bestselling author of Finding Peggy ( Publishers Weekly).Kathy Kelly, born in the heart of Glasgow's East End, comes from a family torn apart by conflict. She grows up with a sharp wit and a quick temper, constantly challenging those who cross her: her reproving grandmother; Con, her
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A Scent of Bluebells

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They called her Auld Nally - the local moneylender in one of Glasgow's roughest areas. But once she'd been Alice McInally, beautiful and loved by her childhood sweetheart. She hadn't anticipated the outcry when they announced their betrothal - he was Catholic and she was Protestant. Cast out by their well-to-do families, the couple's hope of a bright future flounders in the realities of World War ... Read more

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They called her Auld Nally - the local moneylender in one of Glasgow's roughest areas. But once she'd been Alice McInally, beautiful and loved by her childhood sweetheart. She hadn't anticipated the outcry when they announced their betrothal - he was Catholic and she was Protestant. Cast out by their well-to-do families, the couple's hope of a bright future flounders in the realities of World War
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Ruby

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The MacLeans live in a close-knit community in Glasgow at the start of the Second World War. When Ruby MacLean is seventeen, she falls pregnant and is forced to marry Gerry Reilly. As their daughter is born, Gerry heads off to war, leaving Ruby to cope alone. Many years later, now retired, Ruby looks back at her family history and uncovers a tale of lies that she could never have suspected... ... Read more

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The MacLeans live in a close-knit community in Glasgow at the start of the Second World War. When Ruby MacLean is seventeen, she falls pregnant and is forced to marry Gerry Reilly. As their daughter is born, Gerry heads off to war, leaving Ruby to cope alone. Many years later, now retired, Ruby looks back at her family history and uncovers a tale of lies that she could never have suspected...
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The Italian Chapel

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Orkney 1942. Forbidden lovers, divided by war, united by a secret act of creation.Amid the turmoil of the Second World War, a group of Italian prisoners is sent to the remote Orkney island of Lamb Holm. In the freezing conditions, hunger and untold hardships of Camp 60, this ragtag band must work together to survive.Domenico, a talented artist, is among them. He inspires his comrades to create a ... Read more

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Orkney 1942. Forbidden lovers, divided by war, united by a secret act of creation.Amid the turmoil of the Second World War, a group of Italian prisoners is sent to the remote Orkney island of Lamb Holm. In the freezing conditions, hunger and untold hardships of Camp 60, this ragtag band must work together to survive.Domenico, a talented artist, is among them. He inspires his comrades to create a
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The Italian Chapel

From the bestselling author of THE LAST WITCH OF SCOTLAND

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Orkney 1942. Forbidden lovers, divided by war, united by a secret act of creation.Amid the turmoil of the Second World War, a group of Italian prisoners is sent to the remote Orkney island of Lamb Holm. In the freezing conditions, hunger and untold hardships of Camp 60, this ragtag band must work together to survive.Domenico, a talented artist, is among them. He inspires his comrades to create a ... Read more

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Orkney 1942. Forbidden lovers, divided by war, united by a secret act of creation.Amid the turmoil of the Second World War, a group of Italian prisoners is sent to the remote Orkney island of Lamb Holm. In the freezing conditions, hunger and untold hardships of Camp 60, this ragtag band must work together to survive.Domenico, a talented artist, is among them. He inspires his comrades to create a
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The Stationmaster's Daughter

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‘Craig seems to fully inhabit her fictional world in a manner reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier and provides a sensorial feast for the reader.’ (The Scotsman)Glasgow, 1935: The only child of loving parents, Carrie Burgess enjoys life as the stationmaster's daughter at Partick in Glasgow. Her only problem is her attraction to two very different young men. Ewen Livingstone is an uneducated railway ... Read more

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‘Craig seems to fully inhabit her fictional world in a manner reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier and provides a sensorial feast for the reader.’ (The Scotsman)Glasgow, 1935: The only child of loving parents, Carrie Burgess enjoys life as the stationmaster's daughter at Partick in Glasgow. Her only problem is her attraction to two very different young men. Ewen Livingstone is an uneducated railway
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The River Flows On

by Maggie Craig ...

Series Book 1 - Glasgow and Clydebank Sagas
‘Filled with Clydebank stories, passion and drama, this book is an ideal read.’ (The Clydebank Post)... ‘a powerful story [with] vivid character sketches. Few writers evoke all five senses quite so strongly.’ (Scots Magazine)A warm and poignant story of love, triumph over adversity and the building of the great ocean liner, the Queen Mary, set in Clydebank and the West of Scotland during the ... Read more

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Take this Woman

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After growing up in bitterness, can she overcome past events to find the happiness she deserves?Take This Woman is a powerful saga about learning to put your past behind you in the pursuit of happiness, from bestselling author Josephine Cox. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale.Blackburn, 1947. In the tiny front parlour fourteen-year-old Laura Blake watches her beloved father die. But ... Read more

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After growing up in bitterness, can she overcome past events to find the happiness she deserves?Take This Woman is a powerful saga about learning to put your past behind you in the pursuit of happiness, from bestselling author Josephine Cox. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale.Blackburn, 1947. In the tiny front parlour fourteen-year-old Laura Blake watches her beloved father die. But
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The Boy With No Boots

Book 1 in The Boy With No Boots trilogy

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The bestselling heart-warming family saga from the much-loved author of A Cornish Orphan and Solomon's Tale. The first book in The Boy With No Boots trilogy.Freddie Barcussy knows hardship and pain. His parents Annie and Levi are struggling to make ends meet, both suffering with illness and poverty. Freddie is an outsider at school, misunderstood and angry. They need their luck to change.Unbeknown ... Read more

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The bestselling heart-warming family saga from the much-loved author of A Cornish Orphan and Solomon's Tale. The first book in The Boy With No Boots trilogy.Freddie Barcussy knows hardship and pain. His parents Annie and Levi are struggling to make ends meet, both suffering with illness and poverty. Freddie is an outsider at school, misunderstood and angry. They need their luck to change.Unbeknown
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The Real Gorbals Story

True Tales from Glasgow's Meanest Streets

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Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of No Mean City, the classic novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's most deprived district. He lived in the same street as its fictional 'razor king', Johnnie Stark, and subsequently realised that a lot of the old characters represented in the book were still around as late as the 1960s. Men still ... Read more

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Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of No Mean City, the classic novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's most deprived district. He lived in the same street as its fictional 'razor king', Johnnie Stark, and subsequently realised that a lot of the old characters represented in the book were still around as late as the 1960s. Men still
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No Mean Glasgow

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In his last book, The Real Gorbals Story, Colin MacFarlane detailed how he witnessed a once great area, home to wonderful characters and grand old buildings, disappear before his eyes. By the time MacFarlane's tenement was knocked down in the early 1970s, he had left school and been rehoused in another part of the city. In an attempt to extricate himself from his Gorbals gang days, he took a job ... Read more

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Ruby

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