16 Best fiction books like Maggie: A beautiful and moving tale of perseverance in the face of adversity by Lena Kennedy

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Maggie: A beautiful and moving tale of perseverance in the face of adversity

By: Lena Kennedy

4.27

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

Four decades. Four generations. One World War.Raised in Stepney, the heart of London's East End, Ma…

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1. The American Girl

By: Rachael English

4.17

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Boston 1968. Rose Moroney is seventeen, smart, spirited – and pregnant. She wants to marry her boyf… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Looking Back

By: Josephine Cox

4.30

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of love, sacrifice and a girl who has to grow up too fast... From the moment she learns … read more

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  • fiction
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3. A Mother's Shame

By: Rosie Clarke

4.55

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Maggie Bailey has not had an easy childhood. Her father, Michael, always too easy with his fists af… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Women of Straw

By: Carole Llewellyn

4.30

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1865, Luton in Bedfordshire is famous for manufacturing straw boaters worn everywhere, although … read more

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  • romance
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. TIME TO MOVE ON a captivating historical family saga

By: Grace Thompson

4.13

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

AN UNPUTDOWNABLE HISTORICAL FAMILY SAGA YOU’RE SURE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH.Wales, 1952.Seranne Lauren… read more

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6. A Sister's Destiny

By: Rosie Clarke

4.48

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman’s journey is beset with trials and tribulations, but will it end in happiness? As wa… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • british literature
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7. The Cotton Mill Orphan

By: Faye Godwin

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Juliette Purcell has never known anything beyond her small, miserable world: the tiny tenement wher… read more

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8. A Winter Baby for Gin Barrel Lane

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.51

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Perkins and Jack Larkin have grown up in the notorious gin palaces of Birmingham. It’s a w… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • british literature
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9. Hard Times on Weaver Street

By: Chrissie Walsh

4.55

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

As Liverpool and its residents begin to heal from the wounds and memories of World War I, life on W… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. The Dock Girl's Shame (The Waterfront Women #2)

By: AnneMarie Brear

4.62

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A broken heart, a shameful secret… Wakefield, Yorkshire 1871 Loretta Chambers has spent her l… read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. Let It Shine

By: Josephine Cox

4.27

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

As her past catches up with her, can she ever hope to restore happiness? Ada Williams once belie… read more

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  • fiction
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12. Megan

By: Carole Llewellyn

4.41

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

A VIVID AND GRIPPING PORTRAYAL OF WORLDS COLLIDING AND LOVE CONQUERING ALL. 1919, Bristol. Me… read more

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13. The Country Girl (Truscott Family #1)

By: Sally Tarpey

4.38

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

An absolutely heartbreaking and uplifting First World War story of hardship and hope. 1912. Fift… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • british literature
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14. An Orphan of Scotland (The Maxwell Family Quartet #1)

By: Gwen Kirkwood

4.44

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as The Laird of Lochandee. A heartwarming and moving story about secrets,… read more

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  • romance
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Girls Left Behind

By: Emily Gunnis

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Dear Daisy, I miss you so much. I'm sorry I broke my promise to never be separated from you. I have… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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16. The Orphans on the Train

By: Gill Thompson

4.36

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, moving story of loss, friendship, the need to belong, inspired by real events, of two o… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Lonely Furrow

By: Pamela Kavanagh

4.43

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Disaster strikes the Drummond family with the collapse of the Glasgow Bank which results in them lo… read more

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18. Nobody's Darling

By: Josephine Cox

4.39

Format: 612 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman finds worldly success, but yearns for the gift of love... Lizzie Miller worries ab… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
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19. Who Was Sylvia?

By: Judy Gardiner

3.87

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

1939, Barnard Castle, Durham. Sylvia Coryn is the apple of her younger sister Kit’s eye. Full of… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Goodbye to Dreams (The Owen Sisters #1)

By: Grace Thompson

4.12

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid and warm-hearted portrait of changing village life. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “An exceptional read! Hard to … read more

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21. The Woman Who Left

By: Josephine Cox

4.18

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

Louise and Ben Hunter's loving marriage is marred only by their unfulfilled longing for a child. Li… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. The Life I Stole

By: Nikola Scott

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1953. England is finally starting to recover from World War Two. Shop shelves are filling, the … read more

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  • historical fiction
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23. The Paper Bracelet

By: Rachael English

4.33

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Every baby's bracelet held a mother's secret... Inspired by heartrending real events, the grippi… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. The Complete Welsh Valley Sagas Box Set (The Welsh Valley Sagas #1-2)

By: Carole Llewellyn

4.50

Format: 570 pages, Kindle Edition

In this two-book box set: Book 1: Rhiannon Wales, 1908. Still grieving the tragic death of her … read more

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25. Miss Gathercole's Girls

By: Judy Gardiner

3.92

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

Follow one young woman's journey as she rebuilds her shattered dreams in the aftermath of WWI. … read more

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26. Paint on the Smiles (The Owen Sisters #2)

By: Grace Thompson

4.38

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer has arrived in the beautiful coastal corner of south Wales. Holidaymakers are beginning to a… read more

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27. Maggie: A beautiful and moving tale of perseverance in the face of adversity

By: Lena Kennedy

4.27

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

Four decades. Four generations. One World War.Raised in Stepney, the heart of London's East End, Ma… read more

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  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Take this Woman

By: Josephine Cox

4.35

Format: 612 pages, Kindle Edition

Blackburn, 1947. In the tiny front parlour fourteen-year-old Laura Blake watches her beloved father… read more

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  • fiction
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29. Bad Boy Jack

By: Josephine Cox

4.34

Format: 644 pages, Kindle Edition

Can he find his children, and the woman he loves, before everything is lost? Unable to cope with… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Cradle of Thorns

By: Josephine Cox

4.39

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

Forced to flee from home, a young woman faces the unknown... but not alone. Nell Reece has never… read more

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  • fiction
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31. Ironmonger's Daughter

By: Harry Bowling

4.37

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

A moving portrayal of life and love in the gritty poverty of the East End streets. Ironmonger Stree… read more

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  • historical fiction

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4.44

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