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Titles in This Set:
The Bad Apple
No One's Girl
The Empty Cradle
Whispers
The Ribbon Weaver
Dilly's Sacrifice
Dilly's Lass
Dilly's Hope
A Band of Steel
The Maid's Courage
The Mill Girl
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Zaffre
Age Range: Adult
Overview:
The 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.
About the Books:
This 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.
Key Benefits:
About the Author:
Rosie 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.
Why You'll Love This Collection:
Eleven 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.
Please Note: Cover design may vary slightly from the image shown; this is the current UK paperback edition.
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