Home Place, Sussex, 1937. The English family at home. For two unforgettable summers the Cazalet family gathered together, safe from the advancing storm clouds of war. In the heart of the Sussex countryside these were still sunlit days of children's games, lavish family meals and picnics on the beach. The three generations of Cazalets are all lovingly portrayed and the fascinating tangle of their lives recreates a vanished historical world.

Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore is immobilised in an isolated railway rest house as the railway tracks are badly flooded. Enforced solitude compels Joan to face up to many of the truths about herself and her relationships, which she has striven to hide, and in so doing to re-evaluate her life.

Jessica Stirling
Sisters Three
In Prized Possessions, Jessica Stirling introduced the Conway women: indomitable Lizzie, who endures despite everything that life in Glasgow's notorious Gorbals slums can throw at her, and Lizzie's three daughters, each of whom combines her iron will with her own desires and ambitions. Set against the vibrant streets of 1 930s Glasgow on the eve of war, this is a story of unfulfilled ambitions and passionate romance.