Motherless families -- Fiction

Polly takes a job as scullery maid in Rosalie's lonely house and the two girls form an unlikely friendship. Travelling to the North Yorkshire Moors they discover a new kind of life and find unexpected joy and fulfilment.

Anna MacRae is only five years old when her mother dies in childbirth in 1940. She is left with twin sisters and a father fighting somewhere in Europe. Over the years, her twin sisters become bullies and turn to stealing, then worse. Anna must learn to distance herself from them if she is to thrive.

Anna MacRae is only five years old when her mother dies in childbirth in 1940. She is left with twin sisters and a father fighting somewhere in Europe. Over the years, her twin sisters become bullies and turn to stealing, then worse. Anna must learn to distance herself from them if she is to thrive.

Anna MacRae is only five years old when her mother dies in childbirth in 1940. She is left with twin sisters and a father fighting somewhere in Europe. Over the years, her twin sisters become bullies and turn to stealing, then worse. Anna must learn to distance herself from them if she is to thrive.

The city of Venice has been Lydia's home for many years. It's a place she loves and where she's found a sense of peace and fulfillment. Then one day she glimpses a young man's face in the crowd that threatens to change all that. He's a heart-stopping reminder of a dreadful secret she believed she...

Since their mother died, Laura Robbins has taken care of her brother James and sister Becky while their father Ken is at sea. Now Ken is retiring to retrain as a teacher and the family are shocked when he tells them that on his last voyage from Hong Kong he is bringing home a new bride.