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Benita Brown was born and brought up in Newcastle by her English mother, the youngest of thirteen children, and her Indian father, who came to Newcastle to study medicine and fell in love with the place and the people. After meeting her husband while she was at drama school in London, Benita returned to her home town and worked as a teacher and broadcaster before becoming a full-time writer, publishing many much-loved novels. Sadly, Counting the Days was Benita's last book, as she passed away in April 2014 following a sudden illness. She will be greatly missed.Praise for Benita Brown: 'Romance, heartache and local history make a magical mixture...passion on every page
Northern Echo
An ultimately heartwarming tale. Unlike some sagas, all the main characters here are well drawn...a satisfying read
Historical Novels Review
A splendidly powerful and touching saga of love, passion and lust
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Captures the atmosphere and emotion of the first part of the 20th century
Sunderland Echo
A must for Catherine Cookson fans
Wiltshire Times
You won't be able to put it down
Yours magazine
A powerful story
Lancashire Evening Post
A wonderfully Dickensian flavour... Everyone in the book is alive and believable
Historical Novels Review
Benita Brown's brilliant new novel of heartache, siblings and falling in love, set in the lead up to the Second World War and events that threaten even the strongest of family bonds.
Following the death of their parents, the Mitchell siblings are tragically split up. While Helen is taken in by their selfish aunt, her twin brothers find themselves in a cold, soul destroying orphanage, and their younger sister is adopted and spoilt by the wealthy Partingtons. Years later, desperate to get her family back together, Helen escapes to London and works as a waitress in Soho, where she meets the charismatic young reporter Matthew Renshaw. Together they search for her lost family, as around them the country prepares for war...