When war is declared Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of H..

Liverpool 1939. Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent stepfather in the midd..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

Lancashire 1842. Sixteen-year-old Bessie works long hours as a weaver in Blackburn helping to suppor..

John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife a son friends but he was isolated from all the people ..

The Broadhursts were a mining family and to outsiders they appeared to be happy loyal and united. Bu..

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

After the sudden and brutal breakdown of her marriage Jenny finds herself alone for the first time i..

Kate Channer is settled in London helping her half-sister Naomi as housekeeper while the Great War r..

October 1941. Marianne Fordham has a lot to cope with. As well as taking care of her young daughter ..

Sarah is lonely. Living in a small Yorkshire village with just her grandmother for company she longs..

Hetty Affleck is working as a maid at the prestigious Beach Hotel in Littlehampton. Her beau Lorcan ..

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

There were plenty around Fellburn who said Maggie Rowan was as plain as a pikestaff a woman consumed..

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..