Lovers and Liars - Josephine Cox

Lovers and Liars - Josephine Cox How The Story Begins...... Emily Ramsden lives at Potts End Farm with her mother and grandfather and her mother s brother. Her father deserted the family after his own mother died, his child died and the business started to fail due to bad seasons. For financial takeover Uncle Clem came to stay on the farm and paid off the outstanding debts. It is quickly evident in the book that Uncle Clem is not well liked. Young Emily, who is around 16 years when the books opens in 1902, befriends and falls in love with John Hanley, a lad who repairs the farm vehicles. They keep their relationship a secret because they do not think that they will be ...

Songbird - Josephine Cox

along the way. It is a friendship that is tested to the limits when Maddy takes a heartbreaking decision. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, being the first Josephine Cox novel I have read. I found it hard to put it down and read it over a pretty short space of time. There were times when I too felt very sad about the girls situation and the tough decisions they are both faced with, but particularly Maddy. There were also times when I laughed aloud. There are a fair few twists and turns, some of which are glaringly obvious - one for me was totally unexpected, but was obvious , I was just a bit blind to it! It certainly made me think about my relationships with my ...

Cradle of Thorns - Josephine Cox

"Driven and Passionate, she stirs a pot spiced with incest, wife-beating .... and murder" The Sunday Times. When I read this book which is the second I have read from this author, I suppose that I thought she may have improved upon her writing and that perhaps she developed her discriptive abilities. There do seem to be an awful lot of books written by this lady, and perhaps I had judged her harshly on the first read. The story revolves around a young lass called Nell, in the 1890's, who is maid that becomes pregnant and leaves home in order to find her future, away from the shame that she is accused of causing to her Aunt, and encouraged to do so ...