Emotional drama that had me enthralled. Recently widowed she is scraping by looking after her three children until the worst happens.

This was a very good read, not over the top with description or unnecessary characters. Was easy to read and held my attention right to the end. I hope there may be a follow on book as there were a few ties which were loose! Some very strong women who fought for their rights!
Many thanx to NetGalley, the author and the publishers for allowing me to read and review this book

Not what I was expecting but an interesting read. I couldn't put it down! You won't want to miss a minute of this adventure.

The Watchman's Widow - Joanne Clague

This is the third book in this saga series based in Victorian Sheffield, but can still be enjoyed as a stand alone. I found this a quick enjoyable read with lots of lighter moments to be enjoyed throughout some more darker times and topics. I thought the author does a lovely job building the characters and I felt as though I could really picture them and feel as though I was right alongside them. Thank you so much Netgalley and Canelo for this e-arc in return for my honest thoughts and opinions.

The Watchman’s Widow is the third book in the Sheffield saga series. I would recommend reading this series in order as characters carry over from book to book, and each book is a more meaningful read knowing the background story of each character. We are introduced to two new main characters in The Watchman’s Widow, Rose the widower, who is a factory worker with three children and Annie, a newspaperman’s wife, and activist trying desperately to better the working conditions in factories. If you want to know more than the synopsis I suggest reading this heartfelt story as Joanne Clague does an excellent job of world and character building.

My only complaint is that there doesn’t seem to be any educational level difference between the classes which back in the time frame these books are written there would have been. For that reason only, I gave it 4 stars. Would I recommend this book/series to fellow historical readers a definitive yes.

An ARC copy of this book was made available to me by the publisher Canelo via NetGalley. All options are my own and I was under no obligation to write a favorable review.

A well-written story about the lives and tribulations of Victorian factory workers, especially the women and children. The appalling conditions of work, uncaring owners, brutality yet with some hope for improvement. Whilst much of the story is about women's' rights, lack of, there is the side-line of Rose, the main character, trying to find the murderer of her husband. It was a quick read. 3.5* rounded up. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy.

This is the 3 rd book in the Sheffield sagas series,, this follows Rose the young widow of Archie a watchman who we met in an earlier book. She is struggling to provide for her 3 young daughters, she meets Annie who changes everything and also leads her to answers to questions she needs to move on. Lovely story and well written.
My thanks as always to NetGalley and Canelo for the early read

Rose, a widower with young children, she is appalled by the treatment of women in the workforce. When she meets Annie, her eyes are opened up to the women's rights movements. I enjoyed this saga set in Victorian Sheffield

Rose who is dealing with the death of her husband meets Annie who is determined to change the world of women's rights. Can Rose deal with helping Annie and also trying to find out who killed her husband ?

Book 3 in the Sheffield sagas series,, about Rose a young widow struggling to provide for her 3 young daughters, a great read and an enthralling story.

You can just picture Rose, quietly working away trying to provide for her children. So the day she meets in with Annie Whittaker livens thing up a bit, not always for the good.
Rose works as a packer at the Bright steelworks and becomes friendly with Daniel Housley, who has his own problems with his mother trying to marry him off.
Rose try’s to subsidise her poor wages by taking in a lodger, Oonagh who has come over from Ireland and is introduced by Mr Boothby.
This poor girl has the most devastating health issues which force Annie and Rose to take part in a demonstration which meets up with MP Anthony Mundella who is planning on bringing working conditions out into the open. This proves to have dreadful effects for Oonagh.

I loved the fact that there is a mixture of serious and more light-hearted moments.
I look forward to the authors next book.