Mary Wood

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2009
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Breckton

1 - An Unbreakable Bond (Jun-2009)
2 - To Catch a Dream (Nov-2012)
3 - Tomorrow Brings Sorrow (Nov-2012)
4 - Time Passes Time (Oct-2014)

The Generation War

1 - All I Have to Give (Dec-2015)
2 - In Their Mother's Footsteps (Jul-2017)

The Girls Who Went To War

1 - The Forgotten Daughter (Dec-2018)
2 - The Abandoned Daughter (May-2019)
3 - The Wronged Daughter (Dec-2019)
4 - The Brave Daughters (May-2020)

The Jam Factory Girls

1 - The Jam Factory Girls (Dec-2020)
2 - Secrets of the Jam Factory Girls (Aug-2021)
3 - The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back (Mar-2022)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • An Unbreakable Bond

    Breckton - 1

    It is 1913 and for Megan and Hattie, born on the turn of the century and brought up in a convent orphanage in Leeds where they formed a bond as deep as if they had been sisters, the time has come to take up their placements and make their way in the ...

  • My Darling Alice

    Based on Letters and Legends of an Eastern Shore of Maryland Farm - 1837 - 1935...

  • To Catch a Dream

    Breckton - 2

    This is a story of passion, betrayal and love set in 1877-1900. Bridie a beautiful Irish girl is brought to England by her father, an Irish Freedom Fighter turned traitor. His violation of her sees her enclosed in a correction convent as his sin is b...

  • Tomorrow Brings Sorrow

    Breckton - 3

    Set in 1939 - 1959, this is a story of passion and love that is sometimes forbidden and sometimes driven by fear as the world faces many changes brought on by war. Megan and Jack have found stability in their lives, but the threat of Megan's schizoph...

  • Maggie's Place

    The life of Maggie is told by the hundred-year-old house she lived in as a young child. She grew up in this home, returned in her later years, and died in it at the age of one hundred. The secrets, stories, and everyday family life are shared through...

  • Passing Glances

  • Time Passes Time

    Breckton - 4

    It is 1941 and the Second World War is in full swing. Young Theresa Compton is left devastated after giving up her illegitimate child and joins the Special Operations Executive. Her mission is to assist a Resistance group run by the handsome Pierre R...

  • Proud of You

    Alice, an upper-class Londoner, is recruited into the Special Operations Executive and sent to Paris where she meets Gertrude, an ex-prostitute working for the Resistance Movement. Together they discover that they have a connection to the same man, R...

  • All I Have to Give

    The Generation War - 1

    When all is lost, can she find the strength to start again? It is 1916 and Edith Mellor is one of the few female surgeons in Britain. Compelled to use her skills for the war effort, she travels to the Somme, where she is confronted with the horrors a...



  • In Their Mother's Footsteps

    The Generation War - 2

    Edith and Ada run a home for unmarried mothers in London's East End. Edith, a doctor, offers free medical help to the poor. Edith was separated from her twin girls Elka and Ania years before. She battles every day to overcome the pain of her past. Me...

  • Brighter Days Ahead

    Brighter Days Ahead is a moving story set against the backdrop of the Second World War, from Mary Wood, the author of In Their Mother's Footsteps. War pulled them apart, but can it bring them back together? Molly lives with her repugnant f...

  • The Street Orphans

    Originally published in digital format as Judge Me Not in 2013. Now with forty pages of new content. Born with a club foot in a remote village in the Pennines, Ruth is feared and ridiculed by her superstitious neighbours who see her affliction as a s...

  • The Forgotten Daughter

    The Girls Who Went To War - 1

    A gripping new page-turner from the author of Tomorrow Brings Sorrow, Mary Wood.From a tender age, Flora felt unloved and unwanted by her parents, but she finds safety in the arms of caring nanny Pru. But when Pru is cast out of the family home, un...

  • The Abandoned Daughter

    The Girls Who Went To War - 2

    A gripping historical saga from the bestselling author of Tomorrow Brings Sorrow, Mary Wood.Voluntary nurse Ella is haunted by the cries she hears on the battlefields of Dieppe. But that''s not the only thing that haunts her. When her dear friend Jim...

  • The Wronged Daughter

    The Girls Who Went To War - 3

    The third book in Mary Wood''s moving historical saga, The Girls Who Went To War, following The Forgotten Daughter and The Abandoned Daughter. Can she heal wounds of her past?Mags has never forgotten the friendship she forged with Flora and Ella, two...

  • The Brave Daughters

    The Girls Who Went To War - 4

    A moving and emotional family drama set between France and Britain from bestselling author, Mary Wood. They would fight for their country, at all costs . . .When Sibbie and Marjie arrive at RAF Digby, they are about to take on roles of national impor...

  • The Jam Factory Girls

    The Jam Factory Girls - 1

  • Secrets of the Jam Factory Girls

    The Jam Factory Girls - 2

    Secrets of the Jam Factory Girls is a moving saga novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood.Elsie’s worked her way up at Swift’s Jam Factory from the shop floor to the top, and now it’s her time t...

  • The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back

    The Jam Factory Girls - 3

    The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back is a moving historical novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood.Can they claim what is rightfully theirs?From the moment Len came into their lives, everything changed f...



  • The Orphanage Girls

    The Orphanage Girls is a gritty and moving historical saga set in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Jam Factory Girls, Mary Wood.Children deserve a family to call their own . . . Ruth dares to dream of another life â€" far away ...

  • The Orphanage Girls Reunited

    The Orphanage Girls come back together in The Orphanage Girls Reunited, the second installment of the moving wartime saga set in London’s East End. From the bestselling author of The Jam Factory Girls, Mary Wood.Ellen. Abandoned by her father for t...

  • The Orphanage Girls Come Home

    'These heartbreaking but also inspirational tales are full of the grit and hardship that have become hallmarks of a storyteller who writes straight from the heart.' - Lancashire Evening PostHeartfelt and moving, The Orphanage Girls Come Home is the b...

  • The Guernsey Girls

    Friendship is found far from home. Set in the years before WW2 and travelling from London to the island of Guernsey, The Guernsey Girls is the first in a touching series from Mary Wood, author of The Jam Factory Girls.'Wood is a born storyteller' â€"...

  • The Guernsey Girls Go to War

    From the bestselling author of The Jam Factory Girls, comes the second heartfelt installment in Mary Wood's The Guernsey Girls trilogy.War separates them, but it cannot dampen their spirits . . .Spring, 1940. Annie’s new husband Ricky leaves to fig...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mary Wood has published 24 books.

Mary Wood does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Guernsey Girls Go to War, was published in June 2024.

The first book by Mary Wood, An Unbreakable Bond, was published in June 2009.

Yes. Mary Wood has 4 series.
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