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Sagas large print book titles (Array book titles)
- Waiting for Time
Bernice Morgan - War Babies
Annie Murray - War Baby
Lizzie Lane
- War Orphans
Lizzie Lane - War Story
Sara Hely - Wartime Girls
Anne Baker
- Wartime Sweethearts
Lizzie Lane - Water Gypsies
Annie Murray - We Are Not Ourselves
Matthew Thomas
- We Shall Remember
Emma Fraser - Wedding Bells for Nurse Connie
Jean Fullerton - Welcome Home
Margaret Dickinson
- West of the Wall
Marcia Preston - What Tomorrow Brings
Mary Fitzgerald - When Christmas Bells Ring
Katie Flynn
- When My Ship Comes In
Sue Wilsher - When Sorry Is Not Enough
Millie Gray - Where The Shamrocks Grow
Cathy Mansell
- Where There\'s A Will
Mary Malone - Winds Of Eden
Catrin Collier - Winners
Danielle Steel
- Winter Waifs
Penny Jordan, Helen Brooks - Wishing and Hoping
Mia Dolan
23 Sagas Large print books available
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War Story - Sara Hely
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Waiting for Time - Bernice Morgan
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Winter Waifs - Penny Jordan, Helen Brooks
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West of the Wall - Marcia Preston
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Wishing and Hoping - Mia Dolan
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We Shall Remember - Emma Fraser
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1939. Irena is a young medical student living in Warsaw when the German army invades Poland. Those closest to her are dying and when Irena realises that no one is coming to Poland's aid, it's clear that she is alone. Forced to flee to Britain, Irena meets Richard, an RAF pilot who's instantly drawn to her and there's a glimmer of happiness on the horizon. And then the war becomes more brutal and in order to right a never-forgotten wrong Irena must make an impossible decision.
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What Tomorrow Brings - Mary Fitzgerald
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Independent-minded journalist Seffy Blake falls instantly in love with the mysterious Amyas Troy when they meet on an idyllic beach in Cornwall in 1937. But Amyas runs off to fight in Spain before he can fulfil his promise to marry her. Heartbroken Seffy returns to work at a national newspaper, working as assistant to Charlie Bradford, a renowned foreign correspondent. As her work takes her to Berlin and war-torn Spain, her path crosses with Amyas again, and her love remains undimmed. But a night on a bleak mountain in Spain changes her life forever, and Seffy needs to decide what is important.
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We Are Not Ourselves - Matthew Thomas
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The product of a stormy upbringing in an Irish Catholic enclave of New York City, Eileen craves stability. Coming of age in the early sixties, she meets and marries a young scientist named Edmund Leary. But while Eileen wants more for her family, Ed won't give up teaching for a better-paid job. Inadvertently Eileen starts to climb her own career ladder in nursing. She pushes Ed into finding a new home, but it becomes clear that his resistance is part of a deeply troubling psychological shift.
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Where The Shamrocks Grow - Cathy Mansell
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Jo Kingsley is transported from her turbulent childhood of domestic servitude, to the sophisticated life of the upper classes at the beautiful Chateau Colbert. Here she meets Jean-Pierre, the grandson of her employer, Madame Colbert, and visits Paris. But Jo's destiny takes her to America where she experiences more than her dreams of becoming a music teacher. During prohibition, in the mysterious haunts of Greenwich Village, she falls in love with Mike Pasinski, a son of Polish emigrants. However, loneliness, loss and hardship follow the Wall Street crash. Will the beautiful Jo let go of her demons and learn to love again?
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Winds Of Eden - Catrin Collier
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Following heavy casualties, General Townsend withdraws his exhausted troops to the town of Kut Al Amara, Iraq. His orders - to engage as many Turkish troops as possible in a siege situation. A relief force is hastily assembled, among them Charles Reid, Tom Mason and Michael Downe, for each of whom the advance is personal. Charles returns to the country where he lost the love of his life. Tom's brother John, an army surgeon, awaits execution. Michael's brother Harry, an army intelligence officer, is missing having never returned from his last mission. All three men wonder if they will ever see home and their wives again.
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When Sorry Is Not Enough - Millie Gray
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Four years on from discovering their true heritage, Sally and Luke have overcome their animosity to forge a trusting brother-sister relationship. So when Luke returns home from the Hong Kong police force, he asks Sally for help to prove the innocence of his friend Irish. But Sally already has her hands full. As well as tending her flourishing business empire, she must also pick up the pieces when her family - from her feckless sister Josie to her self-centred daughter Margo - runs into trouble. Moreover, she must put her own dreams on hold because the man she loves is not free to be with her.
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War Baby - Lizzie Lane
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The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet Family with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling near Bristol. Still there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the form of Mary Sweet's upcoming wedding to her Canadian beau. But even that has failed to rouse their father from his grief. But in London a baby has been found in a bombed out house, sheltered in the arms of his dead mother. A child to make life worth living again...
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Wedding Bells for Nurse Connie - Jean Fullerton
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It's 1948 and the nurses of the East End of London are making the most of life post-war. For Connie, things are looking rosy as she looks forward to planning a future with her sweetheart, Malcolm. But, as many a young bride-to-be has proved, the course of true love never did run smooth and Connie has to grapple with interfering mothers and Malcolm's reluctance to set the date. Life at work isn't all smooth sailing either. The newly-formed NHS is keeping the nurses of Fry House extremely busy, but new faces keep things interesting. And one in particular might be the answer to all of Connie's problems...
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War Orphans - Lizzie Lane
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Joanna Ryan's father has gone off to war, leaving her in the care of her stepmother, a woman more concerned with having a good time than being any sort of parent to her. But then she finds a puppy, left for dead, and Joanna becomes determined to save him, sharing her meagre rations with him. But, in a time of war, pets are only seen as an unnecessary burden and she is forced to hide her new friend, Harry from her step-mother and the authorities. With bombs falling over Bristol and with the prospect of evacuation on the horizon can they stay together and keep each other safe?
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When My Ship Comes In - Sue Wilsher
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Essex, 1959. Flo earns her money as a scrubber, cleaning the cruise ships and dreaming of a day when she might sail away from her life in the Dwellings, the squalid tenements of Tilbury docks. The Blundell family is evicted from home and Fred, Flo's husband, finds work in a factory town set up to look after its workers. Suddenly, it seems like everything is on the up. But when Flo's abusive husband Fred, starts drinking again, he jeopardises everything. Flo must decide if she should fight to keep her family together, or strive for the kind of life she could have when her ship comes in?
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Wartime Sweethearts - Lizzie Lane
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The Sweet family have run the local bakery for as long as anyone can remember. Twins Ruby and Mary Sweet help their widowed father out when they can. While Ruby dreams of life in London, Mary has no intention of leaving their small Gloucestershire village. But as war threatens there will be changes for all of the Sweet family, with brother Charlie off to serve and young cousin Frances facing evacuation. But there will be opportunities too, as the twins' baking talent catches the attention of the Ministry of Food...
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Where There's A Will - Mary Malone
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Kieran Dulhooly is shocked to discover he's the sole beneficiary of his Aunt Polly's will, inheriting her valuable West Cork home. But his windfall comes with a legal clause: he must live in the house for a period of 12 months. Kieran's euphoria is short-lived, his aunt's conditions stifling for her wanderlust nephew. Waiting in the wings and next to inherit are Kieran's sisters, Beth and Charlotte. Having already earmarked Polly's money, Beth sets out on a course of destruction, determined to get her share - one way or another. Will Kieran walk away from such an opportunity or will he accept Aunt Polly's challenge?
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Water Gypsies - Annie Murray
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It's 1942. Maryann Bartholomew has built a life of happiness with her husband Joel and their children, working the canals on his narrowboat. But the back-breaking work and constant childbearing take their toll on Maryann. Joel suffers an accident, and to keep the boats working, Maryann is forced to allow two wartime volunteers into the privacy of their life. And when she discovers that someone keeps calling for her at Birmingham's Tyseley Wharf, the dark memories of her past begin to overwhelm her life. For that someone, who seems to be watching her every move, is becoming more dangerous that even she could imagine...
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Wartime Girls - Anne Baker
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Grand National, 1933. Susie Ingram's fiance, Danny, is killed in a tragic accident. In a cruel twist of fate, Susie discovers she is carrying Danny's child and, shunned by his parents, she turns to her mother for support. Louise Ingram, widowed during the First World War, knows how hard it is to bring up a family alone, but with the help of her eldest daughter, Martha, who lives next door, they manage to survive. When little Rosie is born there is no doubt that she is Danny's daughter, but it will take many more years of heartache before the two families are united again...
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When Christmas Bells Ring - Katie Flynn
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Liverpool 1938. It's Christmas and single mother Rosheen Clarke and her mischievous twin daughters April and May have no idea of the cataclysmic events which will soon overtake them. When war is declared, April and May are evacuated to the countryside and Rosheen joins the WAAF where she befriends fellow Liverpudlian Cassie Valentine. While Rosheen worries about the twins, Cassie is concerned about her childhood friend Andy. Since joining the RAF, he has become arrogant and remote. Will their love be another casualty of war? Cassie and Rosheen support each other, but it will be many years before the Christmas bells ring out again.