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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Sagas, Historical fiction
A passionate and moving saga about a young woman ready to fight for a chance of happiness . . .
No.1 bestselling writer Josephine Cox's Love Me or Leave Me is a heartrending story of love and friendship and the obstacles that may come between.
Beautiful Eva Bereton has just three close friends: Patsy, whom she looks upon as a sister; Bill, once her childhood sweetheart, now married and living in Canada; and her mother, to whom she is devoted. When a tragic accident turns Eva's world upside down, Patsy is the only one she can turn to.
A hated figure from the past comes to reclaim the farm and business that Eva had always believed were her parents'. Not even Bill, still in love with Eva, can stop Eva being thrown out on the streets. Together with Patsy, Eva starts a new life far away.
Luckily, they find work and lodgings wherever they settle. But when Eva arrives in Blackburn her past mistakes rise up to haunt her. Yet even when threatened from all sides Eva will never accept that her chances of happiness have been destroyed. Determined and optimistic, she fights on to change her life for the better.
Praise for Love Me or Leave Me: A captivating saga of escapism and undying hope
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Another hit for Josephine Cox - Sunday Express
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Driven and passionate - The Sunday Times
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Josephine Cox brings so much freshness to the plot, and the characters . . . Her fans will love this coming-of-age novel - Birmingham Post
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Cox's talent as a storyteller never lets you escape the spell - Daily Mail
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A surefire winner - Woman's Weekly
Josephine Cox
Josephine Cox was born in a cotton-mill house 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. Her strong, gritty stories are taken from the tapestry of life.
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