Great new series. Real characters that the author has you hooked on from the start. If you like family sagas them this author is for you.

This book was a little slow to get going, and it took me a while to get into it. However, as soon as I did, I could not put it down, and as a fan of Rosie Goodwin, it was everything I expected from her. There is nothing literary or pretentious here, but she really knows how to write a good story, and really that is the important thing. Can't wait for the next one in the series.

A truly brilliant book!

Set in Nuneaton in the 1880’s and follows the life of Sunday, who was left on the workhouse steps as a newborn baby. Life was never easy for anyone in the workhouse, especially Sunday, but she always believed that one day her mother would come looking for her.

A gritty story with twists & turns, I found Mothering Sunday really difficult to put down, so much so I even read the book whilst eating dinner! The author, Rosie Goodwin, has a knack of keeping the reader engrossed in the story and I just didn’t know what was going to happen next.

A must read for Rosie Goodwin fans (and if you haven’t read her books, why not start now?!).

Good storyline. Kept me wanting to read more. Did not want to leave book.

Sadness, rejection, nastiness. They are all here in this story of Sunday, a fourteen year old who has lived her life in a Workhouse. The year is 1884, and as soon as we begin to know Sunday we can tell that she is not just a 'workhouse child' but has something more about her. She is determined to make her way out of the awfulness that is her life and to take her friends with her. If it were not for Miss Beau who comes to tutor the children, life would not be worth living. The descriptions of the lack of food, the terrible beatings, the deaths, the abuse and the general de-valuing of the children are well written, but pretty grim to read.
Without spoiling the story,let me say that we are introduced to other characters who play a huge part in the lives of Sunday and the others, freeing them of the many wrongdoings and helping them on the upward ladder of their lives.
This is a well written book, but maybe one needs to be prepared for some of the workhouse horrors, with mentions of child abuse being rife.
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I am not sure that I would want to re-read the book.

Every child wants love right? That's all Sunday Small asks for but she is on a fruitless search. Abandoned at birth in a workhouse in Nuneaton her life is a real struggle. The headmistress, Miss Frost has not a compassionate bone in her body and beats the children and places them in a punishment quite often. The only thing that makes life bearable there is her beloved teacher Miss Beau. After getting a few of the workhouse girls pregnant, the abominable, headmaster turns his attentions to her. He will not take no for an answer so she must leave as her only way of survival.She plans to come back for her friends Daisy and Tommy as soon as she as she has made enough . She is secretly planning to find the mother who abandoned her as well. Things are very harsh for this young lady and life is anything but bloomin' roses. Will she find her mother? Will she find the peace of mind she deserves? I suggest you read this and more by this author. I know you'll enjoy it!
This book was powerfully intense and the conditions within this book will not leave me for a long time. I look forward to reading many more books by Rosie Goodwin.
Pub Date 09 Mar 2017.
Thank you to Netgalley and Bonnier Zaffre for a review copy for my honest opinion.