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A Daughters Secret
By (Author) Josephine Cox
With Gilly Middleton
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st November 2025
25th September 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Historical romance
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
823.914
Paperback
400
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 25mm
270g
Don't miss the brand new epic family drama from the nations favourite storytellerWill a dark shadow destroy her family
As a servant below stairs at the big house, Rose hopes to run her own teashop one day, and to keep the dream alive, carefully saves a few shillings each week.
On a visit home to see her mother and her headstrong sister, Daisy, Rose is shocked to discover that their mothers savings have disappeared, and their belongings have ended up in the pawn shop.
Discovering that a poisonous influence has taken root in their happy family, Rose feels powerless to stop it. Can she save them from disaster, before they lose everything
Readers love Josephine Cox:
Loved the story and the characters Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars
It's so well written and the story line was addictive Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars
What a brilliant book so many rollercoasters, emotional, funny and sad Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars
A definite read again book on my shelf Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars
Praise for Josephine Cox:
'Thanks to her near faultless writing readers will find it impossible to tear themselves away' News of the World
'Another hit for Josephine Cox' Sunday Express
Cox's talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail
'Another masterpiece' Best
Another beautifully spun family epic' Scottish Daily Echo
'A born storyteller' Bedfordshire Times
A surefire winner' Woman's Weekly
Josephine Cox was born in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching and started to write her first full-length novel. She won the Superwoman of Great Britain Award, for which her family had secretly entered her, at the same time as her novel was accepted for publication.