Pamela Evans

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London, sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and laughter at the local ice-rink. Then a handsome American serviceman catches their attention, and so begins heartache between the sisters. Dora is increasingly jealous of her sister's blossoming romance with Victor. But when Victor is killed in a bomb attack, Liz makes a shocking discovery that upsets her whole family. Forced out of her home, Liz finds...

It is three years since the Second World War claimed the life of Polly's beloved husband George, and not a day goes by without her wishing he was still alive. Polly is grateful that her mother is on hand to look after her daughter Emmie while she works day and night to make ends meet. She can't help worrying about the future; but at the Cherry Ballroom, where she works for her aunt Marian, Polly is able to forget her fears. Then one night a handsome...

Angie has everything that Molly lacks. But when Angie's father dies and leaves Molly a share in the Beckett pottery, it's on the condition that she takes a job there. Forbidden by her husband to work outside the home, she nevertheless seizes the opportunity to explore her new-found independence.

It is February 1945 and April Green wonders if the war will ever end. Then the local pub takes a direct hit and April's father is killed in the blast. Life without him is hard and April and her brother do all they can to help, particularly when their mother announces she is pregnant. Volunteering to tend her father's allotment, April discovers a passion for growing vegetables. Meanwhile, Winnie Benson is coming to terms with her husband's spinal injuries....

It's 1940 and, as London battles the hardships of war, Rose Brown, a young widow grief-stricken by her husband's death on the Western Front, decides to put aside her own personal sadness and take a job as a postwoman. Out and about in the shabby, war-torn streets, she's reminded that she isn't the only one coping with sorrow.

It is autumn 1940 and, as the bombs rain down on London, a close-knit community struggles to survive. Working at the local post office, Bessie Green does her best to keep her customers' spirits up, but when she receives a telegram addressed to her parents, there's nothing she can do to prevent the heartache that lies ahead. Then Bessie hears that eleven-year-old Daisy Mason has been orphaned in a blast, and she's sure that taking Daisy into their...

Ralph offers his mistress's niece Amy a job at his jeweller's. Later Amy secretly courts Ralph's son, Clifford, but when the weak-willed Clifford leaves Amy holding the baby, he hasn't reckoned on the powerful influence of her father.