{"title":"Rosie Goodwin","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"rosie-goodwin-11-books-collection-set-historical-fiction-paperback","title":"Rosie Goodwin 11 Books Collection Set - Bestselling Historical Sagas - Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Bad Apple\u003cbr\u003e\nNo One's Girl\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Empty Cradle\u003cbr\u003e\nWhispers\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Ribbon Weaver\u003cbr\u003e\nDilly's Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e\nDilly's Lass\u003cbr\u003e\nDilly's Hope\u003cbr\u003e\nA Band of Steel\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Maid's Courage\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Mill Girl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zaffre\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAge Range:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adult\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Rosie Goodwin Collection brings together eleven brand-new paperback sagas from one of Britain's best-loved storytellers of working-class life. Spanning standalone tales and the Dilly's Story trilogy, this set is packed with resilient heroines, wartime hardship, family secrets, and hard-won happy endings. Ideal for saga readers who devour Catherine Cookson or Josephine Cox, it's a generous gift-ready bundle offering hours of heartfelt historical reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis collection opens with two of Goodwin's earliest novels, The Bad Apple and No One's Girl, set in the Midlands and filled with young women fighting poverty, prejudice, and betrayal to forge their own paths. The Empty Cradle and Whispers explore loss and long-buried secrets within tightly knit communities, while The Ribbon Weaver turns to the textile trade for a story of ambition and quiet courage. A Band of Steel and The Maid's Courage bring wartime Britain and domestic service to life, following ordinary women called on to show extraordinary strength, and The Mill Girl rounds out the standalone titles with a classic tale of hardship overcome through grit and community. At the heart of the set sits the complete Dilly's Story trilogy — Dilly's Sacrifice, Dilly's Lass, and Dilly's Hope — following widow Dilly Carey as she battles poverty and family strife to build a better life for her children. Across all eleven books, Goodwin blends social history with warm, page-turning drama, giving readers an authentic feel for everyday life in Britain's industrial towns while never losing sight of hope, love, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Benefits:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven brand-new paperbacks in one great-value bundle, including the complete Dilly's Story trilogy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by bestselling saga author Rosie Goodwin, a natural successor to Catherine Cookson.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRich, authentic settings spanning Midlands mills, wartime Britain, and domestic service.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmotionally satisfying stories of resilient women, ideal for family saga and historical drama fans.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA generous gift for saga lovers, book clubs, or anyone building a complete Rosie Goodwin shelf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRosie Goodwin is a bestselling British author renowned for her heartfelt sagas of working-class life, many drawing on her own family history in the Midlands. Since her debut, The Bad Apple, she has published dozens of novels and become one of the UK's most prolific and trusted voices in historical fiction. She holds the distinction of being the first author authorised to continue three of Catherine Cookson's beloved trilogies, cementing her reputation among saga readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love This Collection:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nEleven emotional, richly detailed sagas in one set — perfect for curling up with again and again, and a wonderful gift for any fan of classic British family sagas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease Note: Cover design may vary slightly from the image shown; this is the current UK paperback edition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rosie Goodwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56739747627390,"sku":"PLD24257","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/4549\/8093\/files\/rosie-goodwin-11-books-collection-set-paperback-front.webp?v=1784424878"},{"product_id":"dillys-story-series-rosie-goodwin-3-books-collection-set-paperback","title":"Dilly's Story Series by Rosie Goodwin - 3 Books Collection Set - Historical Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDilly's Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003eDilly's Lass\u003cbr\u003eDilly's Hope\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sphere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dilly's Story\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dilly's Story Series brings together three family sagas by Sunday Times bestselling author Rosie Goodwin, following one woman's journey through heartbreak, secrets and hope in early twentieth-century England. Perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson, this brand-new paperback set combines emotional storytelling with historical detail, exploring class, motherhood and resilience. Whether building your saga collection or gifting a treasured author, this set offers moving reading across three unforgettable instalments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trilogy opens with \u003cem\u003eDilly's Sacrifice\u003c\/em\u003e, in which Dilly, unable to feed her newborn during hard times, makes the heartbreaking decision to give her baby daughter to the wealthy Farthing family. Set against the First World War, the story follows the effects of this act on both families, weaving loss, loyalty and enduring love. In \u003cem\u003eDilly's Lass\u003c\/em\u003e, years have passed and old secrets resurface when the daughter Dilly gave away returns home, now a mother herself, forcing buried truths into the light and testing family bonds across generations. The trilogy concludes with \u003cem\u003eDilly's Hope\u003c\/em\u003e, as Dilly, now a widow, draws on those around her to find peace with the past while facing new challenges with grit and warmth. Across all three books, Goodwin's writing is distinguished by emotional honesty, a vivid sense of place in working-class Britain, and richly drawn characters who feel entirely real. Readers praise the series for balancing heartbreak with hope, offering a gripping story and a genuine window into the social history of the period, including class divides, wartime hardship and the changing roles of women. This is storytelling that entertains while it educates, ideal for readers who want a satisfying saga that lingers long after the final chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Benefits:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow one compelling family across three emotionally rich, interconnected novels set in early twentieth-century Britain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnjoy authentic historical detail on wartime hardship, class divides and women's lives, woven into a gripping saga.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerfect for fans of Catherine Cookson-style family sagas and heartfelt, character-driven fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA brand-new paperback set, ready to gift or add to your own collection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for book clubs, with plenty to discuss on resilience, forgiveness and social history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRosie Goodwin is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose novels have sold over four million copies worldwide. Having worked for many years in social services and later fostered a number of children, she draws on real-life experience and empathy to craft her much-loved family sagas. She is one of the top 50 most borrowed authors from UK libraries and was the first author invited to continue three of Catherine Cookson's trilogies with her own original sequels. 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