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Jun 9, 2025 2:14 AM

Author:Lesley Pearse

Charity

A heartbreaking historical novel from the No.1 bestselling author of Stolen

Charity Stratton's bleak childhood is changed for ever when both her parents are killed in a fire. Separated by the authorities from her younger brothers and sister, Charity is sent out to work as a skivvy in a boys' boarding school. Her loneliness and misery are eased when she falls deeply in love with the dashing but fickle sixth-former, Hugh Mainwaring, but when she discovers she is pregnant with Hugh's baby she soon realises just how alone she really is.

Determined to be reunited with her siblings and to make something of herself, Charity runs away to London and begins to forge a new life.

Reviews

Charming ... A warm tribute to the women who flew in the service of their country.

—— Choice

Few writers have a fan base as wide and varied as Katie Flynn and devotees won't be disappointed

—— Scottish Daily Record

One of the best Liverpool writers

—— Liverpool Echo

Arrow's best and biggest saga author. She's good.

—— Bookseller

Katie Flynn's series of Liverpool novels have, rightly, been much acclaimed for the vividness of her settings and delicate brushstrokes of her characters.

—— Choice Magazine

A magnificent and evocative tale that shows why she is one of the country's most popular storytellers

—— Scottish Daily Record

You won't be able to put this down until you have read every word

—— No 1

This heart-warming book really captures the post-war era and the various twists and turns in the plot make this tale a real page-turner of a Christmas story.

—— No.1 Magazine
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