Winter Promise: From the Sunday Times bestselling author

In 1850, Rosie Goodwin's novel "The Workhouse Girl" follows Opal Sharp, who is orphaned and sent to a workhouse after her father's illness. She finds a job as a lady's maid, but attracts the attention of her mistress's son. She promises to reunite her family one day.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 528 pages
Publication date: 21 January 2021
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre

With all her signature warmth, wonderful characters, and unforgettable drama, start this brand-new chapter in the storytelling of Rosie Goodwin, Britain's best-loved saga author.

In 1850, when Opal Sharp finds herself and her younger siblings suddenly orphaned and destitute, she thinks things can get no worse. But soon, three of them, including Opal, are struck down with the illness that took their father. Her brother Charlie makes an impossible decision. Unable to afford a doctor, he knows the younger children will not survive. So, unbeknownst to Opal, Charlie takes their younger siblings to the workhouse.

When she finds out, Opal is heartbroken, and things go from bad to worse when Charlie is accused of stealing and transported on a convict ship to Australia.

Homeless and alone, Opal doesn't know where to turn, but then she manages to secure a position as a lady's maid, working for the formidable but kind-hearted Mrs. King. She thinks she has finally found some security in life, until she attracts the unwanted attention of her mistress's son.

Desperately missing her family, Opal makes a promise to reunite them all one day. But will the Sharps ever find their way back to each other?

Weight: 382g
Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838772994