- Paperback: 630 pages
- Publisher: Penguin; 1st Penguin Edition edition (1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140272224
- ISBN-13: 978-0140272222
- Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 4.3 x 18.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Will Rosie ever escape from her brutal brothers?
As a child Rosie Parker spent the war years battling her brutish half-brothers Seth and Norman on the farm under the less-than-watchful eye of her father Cole. But when housekeeper Heather Farley arrives, Rosie finds a mother - and a friend - to look after her.
Several years later, Thomas Farley comes to find his sister. Rosie can only tell him that she disappeared in mysterious circumstances, abandoning her small son Alan. Determined to get young Alan and Rosie out of the clutches of Cole and his sons, Thomas helps unearth a terrible truth about the family. A truth that forces Rosie away from the farm and out into a cruel world where she must somehow come to terms with her shocking past. Is it possible that the man who brought ruin on her family might also bring happiness to Rosie?
About the Author
A number-one bestseller, Lesley Pearse is greatly loved around the world, and her novels have sold over 2 million copies in the UK alone. Her eight most recent books, including Secrets, Remember Me and Father Unknown are published by Penguin. Lesley lives near Bristol, has three daughters and one grandson.
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The privy stunk worse than usual because of the heat, so Rosie pulled her knickers down out in the orchard, before opening the rickety door. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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The privy stunk worse than usual because of the heat, so Rosie pulled her knickers down out in the orchard, before opening the rickety door. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the best book I have ever read. Never before have I been so immersed in a story. From start to finish it felt like I was there with the characters and it is easy to believe this story is based on real life rather than fiction.
The plot follows the life of Rosie Parker, a young girl growing up with her father and two half-brothers. Her life is full of tradegy and heartache and through this the reader sees Rosie grow from a small innocent girl to a beautiful, caring woman - made stronger by the tramua she experiences.
All the characters are all well developed but especially Rosie and after finishing this novel you can't help but feel like you know her personally. All of Lesley Pearse's books are wonderful, but this has that something extra making it a must read and arguably the best she has wrote.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Born in 1930's Somerset country, Rosie endures a hard life caring for her three half brothers and father from a very early age. At the age of 15 her actions help to bring about the discovery of the murders of her own mother and that of her younger brother. Her father and eldest brother are accused of the murders, father is hanged and brother released. Rosie begins a new life, firstly in Bristol, then in London in a home for mentally ill patients and finally in Sussex. In Bristol she undergoes the Liza Doolittle treatment, in London she's instrumental in exposing the cruelty inflicted on the patients and gets a boyfriend and in Sussex discovers what she wants to do with the rest of her life. She also has to deal with her avenging brother Seth.
Either the author is old enough to have lived through the period she is describing which ends in the 1960's or her research has been prodigious. Certainly she has a well-thumbed "Encyclopedia of Dates and Times" on her bookshelf. Sometimes this is rather overdone. Equating the new National Health Service as a sign of a vibrant future several times is a little tedious. However Pearse's descriptions of conditions in rural England and the events in the mental home are very well written and all too realistic. In this sense, it is a very truthful and harrowing novel. It scores too in her understanding of the horrors and moral dilemnas which POW's in the Japanese camps confonted.
There is really only one criticism I would make about "Rosie", and that is Rosie herself. She is too loyal, too valiant, too perfect, too much. In real life she would be elevated to sainthood by the age of 17. That aside, I would recommend this book to anyone as a thoroughly good read and an excellent and accurate commentary of the social manners and events affecting ordinary lives at the time.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Lesley Pearse books seem to get better and better, Rosie was a brilliant book.
Rosie has a terrible father and her two older brothers are just as bad. She is moved from the family home and fostered out to a family and from there she starts to work into a mental hospital, where she witnesses horrible goings on. Eventually with one of the patients in the mental hospital who she has taken under her wing, she is invited to his parents to live and help to look after there son, they love her like their own daughter.
Rosie later finds a boyfriend, and he says he loves Rosie, but all ever thinks about is himself, and then there is Thomas Farley, when he turns up at Rosie's home looking for his sister, who has been murdered. Thomas during the war lost a leg, and his sister did not know he was still alive.
Rosie keeps in contact with Thomas over the years as a good friend, he is 15 years older than Rosie, but when she turns 16, Thomas starts seeing Rosie in a different light, he starts to fall in love with her, and he is finding it hard to keep his emotions to himself, who will she choose in the end?
Lesley Pearse as far as I am concerned is one of the best authors, the books are so full of content, I am now reading 'Tara', her first book I read was 'Charity', which was brilliant and this book had me in tears quite a few times reading it, I found it very heart wrenching at times. I have also read 'Georgia', brilliant also, 'Ellie', which was not my favourite as I did not like the ending at all. I still have 3 more of her books to read, so hopefully they are as good.
Rosie has a terrible father and her two older brothers are just as bad. She is moved from the family home and fostered out to a family and from there she starts to work into a mental hospital, where she witnesses horrible goings on. Eventually with one of the patients in the mental hospital who she has taken under her wing, she is invited to his parents to live and help to look after there son, they love her like their own daughter.
Rosie later finds a boyfriend, and he says he loves Rosie, but all ever thinks about is himself, and then there is Thomas Farley, when he turns up at Rosie's home looking for his sister, who has been murdered. Thomas during the war lost a leg, and his sister did not know he was still alive.
Rosie keeps in contact with Thomas over the years as a good friend, he is 15 years older than Rosie, but when she turns 16, Thomas starts seeing Rosie in a different light, he starts to fall in love with her, and he is finding it hard to keep his emotions to himself, who will she choose in the end?
Lesley Pearse as far as I am concerned is one of the best authors, the books are so full of content, I am now reading 'Tara', her first book I read was 'Charity', which was brilliant and this book had me in tears quite a few times reading it, I found it very heart wrenching at times. I have also read 'Georgia', brilliant also, 'Ellie', which was not my favourite as I did not like the ending at all. I still have 3 more of her books to read, so hopefully they are as good.
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rosie
I have just finished reading this book and what a book it was . more like real life than fiction i could not put it down i hope i read more stories like thies and i recommend... Read more
Published 19 days ago by moonbaby
Well Researched and gripping novel
Lesley Pearse is by far my favourite writer. She writes with such passion and this book is no exception to that. Read more
Published 1 month ago by N Jones
Rosie - Author, Leslie Pearce
Lesley Pearce never fails to produce a story which holds my interest right to the end - her subjects are various and very well written.
Published 2 months ago by Marion
many thanks lesley
i really enjoyed lesley pearce books, overall she is a brilliant author, in her stories she tends to bring the book to life , i have troubled with depression for a long time , the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by souzy
Excellent
Fantastic, I don't really have much time to read, being a busy mum and all that! I soon ploughed through this book, it was a very good story.
Published 3 months ago by loretta
Rosie
This is only the second book I have read on my Kindle and I am glad I bought it.
Quite moving at times I enjoyed every minute of it. Read more
Quite moving at times I enjoyed every minute of it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dolly
Brilliant
Another great book from Lesley pearse, She's just such a great writer I didn't want to put the book down. If you love this you will love Tara even more!
Published 8 months ago by Leanne
Great Book
I really enjoyed reading Rosie by Lesley Pearse. I read the book in just a few days. I just didn't want to put the book down. I think Lesley Pearse is a terrific writer. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Bookaholic76
A cracking good read!
I really enjoyed the story of Rosie. Some of the details are really harrowing but true to life. I could not put it down from start to finish.
Published 18 months ago by Mrs. D. M. Senior
Loved it!
This is the second Lesley Pearse book Ive read and loved them both (First one 'Hope').
Rosie is a brilliant character and you really get to know her. Read more
Rosie is a brilliant character and you really get to know her. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by Helen
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