Catherine Cookson's 8 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback Penguin Random House

Titles In The Set: 1. The Fifteen Streets 2. The Dwelling Place 3. My Beloved Son 4. A Sister's Obsession 5. Kate Hannigan 6. Daughter of Scandal 7. The Rag Maid 8. The Smuggler’s Secret Description: The Fifteen Streets Life on the Fifteen Streets is tough - a continual struggle for survival. Born into an ever-expanding family, John O'Brien grew up with nothing to call his own. Now, he works on the city's docks while trying to keep his loved ones safe from the drunken wrath of his father and brother. Everything changes when John meets Mary Llewellyn, a beautiful young woman who belongs to a world of wealth and privilege. What starts off as casual friendship soon blossoms into a rare love. But when John is embroiled in scandal, Mary's parents forbid her from seeing him. Will the Fifteen Streets succeed in keeping them apart, or can John and Mary find their way back to one another? A gripping and emotional love story. If you enjoy books by Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you'll love The Fifteen Streets. The Dwelling Place County Durham, 1830s. When fifteen-year-old Cissie Brodie loses her parents to cholera, she is forced out of the family cottage and left to raise her nine brothers and sisters by herself. Although desperately poor, strong-willed Cissie determines to build a new home for them all, their own little shelter to keep them from the workhouse. They have friends, but charity cannot always spare them the harsh reality of their struggle and when Cissie attracts the...