Moonlight and Ashes A moving wartime saga from the Sunday Times bestseller
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Rosie Goodwin is the author of over twenty bestselling novels and the recent Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller A Mother's Grace. She is the first author in the world to be allowed to follow three of Catherine Cookson's trilogies with her own sequels, Tilly Trotter's Legacy, The Mallen Secret and The Sand Dancer. Having worked in the social services sector for many years, then fostered a number of children, she is now a full-time novelist. Rosie lives in Nuneaton, the setting for many of her books, with her husband and their beloved dogs.An absorbing story in the grand tradition of the best saga authors
- Margaret Dickinson,
A wonderful heroine, plucky, determined and warm-hearted. A believable and compelling read
- Jennie Felton,
Rosie writes such heart-warming sagas
- Lyn Andrews,
A heart-throbber of a story that puts so many other so-called emotional blockbusters in the shade
Northern Echo
Not only is Goodwin's characterisation and dialogue compelling, her descriptive writing is a joy
Nottingham Evening Post
The new Catherine Cookson
Coventry Evening Telegraph
A touching and powerful new novel from a wonderful writer
Bookseller
Goodwin has the enviable knack of putting the past into focus with wonderfully warm and credible characters, lively dialogue and fascinating period detail of everyday life. <i>A Rose Among Thorns</i> is another moving and inspirational story from a writer who knows how to tug at the heart strings
Lancashire Evening Post
The Sunday TImes bestselling author of A Simple Wish brings a heart-rending and compelling wartime saga of love and loss that is sure to stay with you long after you have finished the last page.
When war is declared a family is torn apart...
Despite being trapped in an abusive marriage, Maggie Bright still feels blessed with her eight-year-old twins, Danny and Lizzie, and baby girl, Lucy. But when the Second World War begins it seems that her blessings may have run out.
Although the war lets her escape her husband when he's sent to the front, she must also face losing the twins when they're evacuated from Coventry to Wales. Lizzie seems to be staying with the perfect family, while Danny is left with a man who resents his presence. But appearances can be deceptive and, while Maggie struggles to survive the bombings at home, her twins face danger of a different kind . . .