Vagabonds

Emma Grady #3

by Josephine Cox

Twenty-two years ago Emma Grady was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to transportation to Australia where she bore and lost her baby daughter - conceived during a passionate affair with Marlow Tanner. It is now 1885, and Emma has returned to Blackburn. Reunited with Marlow, she has a loving family, yet she is still haunted by the past, unable to forget how her uncle Caleb Crowther ignored her desperate plea to save herself and her tragic first-born.

Crowther curses his niece's return and also hounds Molly, Emma's estranged daughter. Molly and her children run away and, contending with hunger, exhaustion and the unwelcome attentions of the men who are drawn to Molly's dark beauty, their life at times is almost unbearable. But Molly has inherited Emma's indomitable spirit...

Genres: Fiction, Historical

384 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 1992

About the author

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 university but was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home. Instead, 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. She is now a No.1 bestselling author with over 40 books to her name.

She wrote dark psychological thrillers under the name Jane Brindle.

Reviews

[paul c hitches · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good read

I, have never been disappointed with books written by Josephine Cox. She has the ability to write a good and believable story which grips the reader right to the end. I would recommend any of her books to anybody.

[Janet Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read this trilogy before many years ago in paperback. I haven't fully read a book in a long time and I was fortunate to receive a Kindle for xmas. Since then I have purchased the trilogy on my kindle and have read the entire lot within a couple of weeks. So gripping until the end, so heart wrenching and beautiful throughout. Could not put my Kindle down. Josephjne Cox is just an incredible writer of gripping reads. I have lots of her books in hardback and all fantastic reads. Would highly recommend.

[Olsen Charlton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only a few words are needed to summarize this amazing Saga. Once again Josephine has become the greatest author ever. I have read on & on wanting to know

how the final book ended & yet didn't want the Saga to end, I & many others love how your mind works as you weave each of your stories into wonderful tales of life in years gone bye as if you had lived them yourself. Thank you.

[Siobhan Considine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vagabonds- Josephine Cox (Book 3)
Things are still going wrong and it is clear the book was set in hard times. However, all things come to a pass and as they should be.

Series:
• There was something else my eyes were opened to in this series. That in life, most of the time a person will never have or know a full story. The beauty of reading books is that we get little bits of information from different people and times, which together give us a full picture of events and timelines. That rarely happens in life.

[EILEEN SHEPPARD · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read

This trilogy just got better as it went on. How one family could inflict so much pain and badness on other people and their own was terrible. This book has everything, it definitely has the feel good factor as well as the heartbreak and shocks throughout. Personally I thoroughly enjoyed reading the 3 books. I would recommend them to all.

[Liz Barrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book without reading the prequels. I didn't know they existed. I normally enjoy JC books. This one annoyed me with the endless fixation of characters that wanted have their way with Molly. Once yes. Maybe twice okay but four, could be more, was just very sad repetitive rut that the author fell into. Josephine is better than this.

[Joan Archer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saga

Another gripping story that keeps the reader enthralled from start to finish. I really enjoyed this one as I do all of Josephine Cox books I'm never disappointed from the moment I pick it up to the moment I read the last page.

[Mrs Erica A Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having read the first two books in the trilogy I found myself fairly eager to reach the end of the tale. By it’s nature as part of a set of books, it had to keep summarising past events, but there seemed to be a lot of that.

Okay, but not one of my favourites!

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emma Grady trilogy, as I have done before I read these books out of order which a shame was. But I still enjoyed reading this series, quite saga of love, resilience and revenge, tragedy, cruelty. But Emma wins out in the end...

[Gillian Titley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Didn't think I would enjoy this author but my mum gave me them to read, this is the third and final book of 3 so I had to find out what happened
If you like to know what happened in the victorian years this is a good read, and the story is excellent

[Mrs Margaret Maher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book.

This is a book well worth reading I couldn't lay it down. I was so evolved that I had to read every chance I got

[susan hogden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tying up loose ends

The two women endured so much it was good to read a happy ending. Did feel that there was too much repetition of past events

[M M RUSSELL · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book.

Every one of the books were brilliant, couldn't put them down.Brilliant writer. Would recommend all three books . Good value to.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Riveting, page-turner, an apt conclusion. Would make for a melodramatic series.

[r w pywell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Goodread👍

[Lisa Ward · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant final book

[Carol Benson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable, sensitive, very well written. Totally excellent read. Looking forward to re reading them all again.

[Elaine Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very gripping read

Got involved with all the characters. Couldn’t put it down. Needs to be read in order. It would make a good film or TV series

[Jean Porter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vagabonds

Very good read kept me wondering where Molly would end up next. I am glad Mick found her and all was well in the end for her and her children.

[c m bolton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Children threatened

Thank you Josephine Cox for three fantastic stories. I have really enjoyed reading them all and anyone that wants a good book these are the ones xx

[christine douglas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heart warming story of life in Victorian times

Enjoyed this book as I always do Josephine Cox books good read for all ages twists and turns all though the story

[Alice Leak · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the last book in the Emma Grady trilogy and it was another really good read. I look forward to reading other books by Josephine Cox

[Tracey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed all the books of the trilogy. I did find that a lot of the same information was repeated alot.

[MARTHA DAVIDSON · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book

Need to read the three books, couldn't put them down until I had finished them. Brilliant read and great plot was easy for me to follow, we need some more.

[denise taylor]

Enjoyed the 3 books

The only thing that irritated me was how events were continually repeated over and over I started to skip lots of it

[Leanne Brandenburg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this trilogy, couldn't put the story down.

[ROCKY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful sagas I enjoyed every book!!

[Amanda Bennett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve really enjoyed listening to the Emma Grady series of three books.

[Kathy E]

An enjoyable ending to the Emma Grady trilogy.

[Eileen Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite good, kept me reading. But all her books do.