Margaret Dickinsons schrijfwerk is diep geworteld in het kustlandschap en de zee, thema's die haar al sinds haar kindertijd boeien. Haar vroege ambitie om schrijfster te worden, bloeide op tot een productieve carrière, gekenmerkt door talrijke succesvolle titels. Dickinson wordt geprezen om haar suggestieve proza en meeslepende verhalen die diep resoneren bij lezers. Haar literaire bijdrage ligt in haar meesterlijke weergave van de geest en schoonheid van de landschappen die haar werk inspireren.
Kathy Burton has had enough of bully of a father and has decided to leave her family's farm for the city. After a bit of luck she is able to get job in a department store where she soon fall for Tony Kendall the store's ladies man manager. With war coming, they decide to marry and the only thing standing in the way is Tony's mother. A woman who vow to let no woman to marry her son.
An enthralling story of love, rivalry and courage
A powerful family saga set during World War I, from the bestselling author of The Buffer Girls
It is 1926 and soon to be parted from her home, family and most of all her beloved Danny, Kate Hilton is devastated when she is sent away to boarding school. When she learns that she and Danny can never marry, she finds unexpected release with the outbreak of war and becomes a driver in the WAAF.
Charlotte is an only child, reared by a brutal father who cannot forgive her for not being the son he desires. Loved by most that she meets, Charlotte has a gift for friendship, and it is her work as a Sunday School teacher that gives her hope - and an escape from home. When Charlotte meets Miles Thornton, she is instantly drawn to him. He is new to the area and a widower, with three lovely young sons to look after but the one thing he has longed for is a daughter. As they grow to understand one another, it seems that Miles and Charlotte have more in common that meets the eye... Sweeping from the early 1920s through to the end of World War II, SONS AND DAUGHTERS is a compelling, traditional saga set against the Lincolnshire landscape that Margaret Dickinson portrays so well.
Emma Forrest has waited three long years to welcome home the man she loves from the horror of the trenches, but now her father’s bitter feud with Jamie Metcalfe’s family threatens everything she has dreamed of. Knowing that Harry Forrest will go to his grave wishing she were a boy and now, devastated by Jamie’s coldness, Emma clings resolutely to the memory of her beloved grandfather, Charlie, and his hopes for the mill he built he his own hands. Somehow, in spite of all Harry’s scheming and the disastrous marriage she finds herself in as a result, Emma will make sure that the mill has a future – with a Forrest at the helm…
Set in the 1940s, Wartime Friends is a tale of unbreakable bonds in times of strife, by Margaret Dickinson, the 'Queen of Saga' (Daily Express)
The Spitfire Sisters is the third book in Sunday Times besteller Margaret Dickinson's moving Maitland trilogy.
Isaac Pendleton, Master of the workhouse, rules the lives of all those within its walls but when Sarah becomes his latest mistress, Meg is disgusted. Her loyal friend, Jake, born and bred in the workhouse, has a maturity and understanding beyond his years.
A page-turning saga from the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Margaret Dickinson.