Emma Hornby

Brought to you by Penguin. She’s fallen on hard times but she’ll come back stronger… Slung out from her home and onto the slum streets of Manchester at the tender age of twelve, Perdita Barratt has fallen on hard times. Each day she must toil to earn a penny to secure a bed at a lodging...

Brought to you by Penguin. Bolton, Lancashire: 1943 Livvy knows that her family’s survival rests on her shoulders. With her parents gone, it falls to her to support her grandfather and her younger sister, Joan. But times are tough in the midst of war and most jobs only afford meagre pay, so...

Brought to you by Penguin. The first brilliant WWII novel by Emma Hornby, best-selling author of A Shilling for a Wife Bolton, Lancashire: 1940 A family torn apart by war, held together by a secret.... Janie and her husband, James, have a strong, loving marriage. A move from an inner-city slum...

Brought to you by Penguin. Phoebe Parsons is a liar...a shameless harlot with unscrupulous morals.... Phoebe Parsons is destitute, disgraced and alone. After her mistress tragically dies, Phoebe is forced back onto the poverty-ridden streets of Manchester by her unforgiving new master...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Shilling for a Wife by Emma Hornby, read by Penelope Freeman. Sally Swann thought life couldn't get much worse. Then a single coin changed hands. A dismal cottage in the heart of Bolton, Lancashire, has been Sally’s prison since Joseph Goden...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Manchester Moll by Emma Hornby, read by Julia Franklin. Moll thought she could keep her family safe.... Eighteen-year-old Moll Chambers works her fingers to the bone doing all she can to support her family. With an ailing father and a wayward mother...

Brought to you by Penguin. Gritty historical saga set in Northern England in the late 1800s, for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin. Minnie Maddox cares deeply for mothers and their babies – she makes a living by taking in unwanted children and finding them good adoptive homes – and is...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Orphans of Ardwick by Emma Hornby, read by Julia Franklin. After a cold, hard winter on the streets, three orphan children are about to give up hope when an unexpected turn of events brings them to the doorstep of a grand house in Ardwick...

She thought she was finally safe. But a roof over her head comes with a price to pay.... Laura Cannock is on the run. Suspected of killing her bullying husband, his family are on a merciless prowl for revenge. Fleeing from her beloved home of Bolton to Manchester, Laura seeks refuge with her...

Brought to you by Penguin. A brand-new page-turning historical saga from the bestselling author of A Shilling for a Wife, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin Manchester, 1867 Mara longs for a peaceful life free of violence and poverty. But she has married into the O'Hara family...

Brought to you by Penguin. The second book in the pause-resisting Worktown Girls at War series, from the best-selling author of A Shilling for a Wife, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin. At 17, Renee Rushmore lives at home with her father Ivan—a cruel man who rules the house...

Brought to you by Penguin. A Victorian saga from the bestselling and RNA shortlisted author. Orphaned Jenny and her chimney sweep brother Noah eke out life in a cellar dwelling in the heart of the slums. Noah is the main breadwinner, but he is treated horribly by his master. Worried for her...