The story of Rosie Parker, a strong, intelligent girl growing up in the 1950s, who has to live with the knowledge that her father is a murderer.
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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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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
By "scatz81"
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.
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By "dionemco"
Format:Paperback
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
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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
A lovely heart warming book that has you gripped from the first page as always with a Lesley Pearce book
Published 1 month ago by lynsey dowling
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good story
Loved this one, lesley is one of my favourite Authors. She transports you into another era. A very good read.
Published 1 month ago by Linda Acey
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as always a great read
exactly what I expect from Lesley Pearse, descriptive to the point I feel I'm there, always leave me with a warm glow
Published 1 month ago by Linda Anthony
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great storyline and characters
First Lesley Pearce I read, felt I knew the characters really well, I became part of the family.
Am now reading Camellia. Read more
Am now reading Camellia. Read more
Published 2 months ago by maxfax
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Brilliant read
Thoroughly enjoyed this book and will continue to purchase more of this author's novels. A totally gripping read and I normally take months to finish a book, not with Lesley... Read more
Published 2 months ago by G. P. Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing....
Reading this book at the minute and I can't put it down. Love the story line. Can't wait til I get to the end.
Published 2 months ago by Healybo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another gem by Lesley Pearse.
Excellent book - one of Lesley Pearse's best, Great storyline as always,took a while for it to be predictive but it didn't spoil the ending.
Published 3 months ago by Dotty
2.0 out of 5 stars
Predictable
As stated previously Lesley Pearse seems to be on a well worn path here. I keep buying her books in the hope that soon one of them will aspire to the interesting & well written... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs V Cole
4.0 out of 5 stars
rosie
great Lesley Pearse novel. lots of unpredictable twists, until the last few chapters, which turn a bit soppy. but overall i really enjoyed it.
Published 3 months ago by diane hughes
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it
This book by Lesley Pearce contains love, hope and tragedy. But the difference with this book is that it's a much more unexpected story line. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Chloe Turner
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