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Dilly Court


Dilly Court grew up in North East London and began her career in commercial television, writing scripts for commercials. She is married with two grown-up children and three grandchildren, and now lives in Dorset on the beautiful Jurassic Coast with her husband and a large, yellow Labrador called Archie. She is also the author of Mermaids Singing.

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A Loving Family
Written by Dilly Court

Hardcover | 512 pages | Century | Fiction - Romance - Historical; Fiction - Family Saga
978-1-78089-060-9 (1-78089-060-5)

December 24, 2013 | $52.95






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The Workhouse Girl
Written by Dilly Court

Trade Paperback | 496 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-956262-7 (0-09-956262-6)

October 22, 2013 | $18.95



Would her life always be one of poverty and struggle? The gripping new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Best of Daughters.
     Circumstances force eight-year-old Sarah Scrase and her widowed mother Ellen to enter St Giles and St George's Workhouse in Bloomsbury. When Ellen dies in childbirth, an...

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The Workhouse Girl
Written by Dilly Court

Hardcover | 480 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-956259-7 (0-09-956259-6)

July 23, 2013 | $48.95



Would her life always be one of poverty and struggle? The gripping new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Best of Daughters.
     Circumstances force eight-year-old Sarah Scrase and her widowed mother Ellen to enter St Giles and St George's Workhouse in Bloomsbury. 

     When Ellen dies in childbirth, an independent-minded, spirited Sarah falls...

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The Best of Daughters
Written by Dilly Court

Trade Paperback | 448 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-956258-0 (0-09-956258-8)

March 18, 2013 | $18.95



Despite her privileged upbringing, Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She is drawn to the suffragette movement, but when her father faces ruin they are forced to move to the country and Daisy's first duty is to her family. Here she becomes engaged to her childhood...

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The Best of Daughters
Written by Dilly Court

Hardcover | 480 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-956257-3 (0-09-956257-X)

December 17, 2012 | $48.95



Her first duty was to her family. The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Mother's Trust.
 
Despite her privileged upbringing Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She is drawn to the suffragette movement, but when her father faces ruin they are forced...

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The Lady's Maid
Written by Dilly Court

Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-956256-6 (0-09-956256-1)

October 15, 2012 | $18.95



In the quiet of a warm summer's evening, two young mothers are forced to give up their babies. Whilst Kate grows up knowing only poverty and servitude, Josie's world is one of privilege and luxury. Despite the differences in their circumstances, Kate and Josie have been friends since childhood. But their...


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A Mother's Trust
Written by Dilly Court

Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-956254-2 (0-09-956254-5)

March 5, 2012 | $18.95





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A Mother's Trust
Written by Dilly Court

Hardcover | 480 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-956253-5 (0-09-956253-7)

December 12, 2011 | $48.95





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Cinderella Sister
Written by Dilly Court

Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-953885-1 (0-09-953885-7)

October 17, 2011 | $17.95





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Cinderella Sister
Written by Dilly Court

Hardcover | 512 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-953884-4 (0-09-953884-9)

July 25, 2011 | $48.95





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A Mother's Secret
Written by Dilly Court

Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-953883-7 (0-09-953883-0)

April 11, 2011 | $17.95





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A Mother's Secret
Written by Dilly Court

Hardcover | 512 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-953882-0 (0-09-953882-2)

December 6, 2010 | $52.95





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The Ragged Heiress
Written by Dilly Court

Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-953879-0 (0-09-953879-2)

October 4, 2010 | $19.95





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The Ragged Heiress
Written by Dilly Court

Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-953878-3 (0-09-953878-4)

July 5, 2010 | $52.95





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A Mother's Wish
Written by Dilly Court

Paperback | 512 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-09-953877-6 (0-09-953877-6)

March 8, 2010 | $10.99



From this major talent in saga-writing, author of Mermaids Singing; The Cockney Sparrow; A Mother's Courage and The Constant Heart comes this compelling new story set in turn-of-the-twentieth-century London.

Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her...

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