Sadie Smith would love to do the things that other children can do. But she’s had a degenerated hip since birth and cannot walk. On her way to a Dr Barnardo’s home, Sadie is bought a pair of...

The Second World War has brought its own special turmoil to the small fishing village of Coverack in west Cornwall. Maizie Blackacre is the owner of the Paris Hotel, and her husband, Sam, has...

Sheila Beattie knew exactly what her future would be. She would marry her sweetheart Eric, a fisherman like her father, and they would raise their family and dream their simple dreams in the...

For sixteen-year-old Lizzie McDougall, life in the Glasgow tenements comes as a culture shock after her sheltered upbringing in the Highlands. But for her father, who has just lost his job,...