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(0)Fiona Ford
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Series
Spark Girl volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
A knock on the door early one morning wouldn't normally be cause for concern but it is 1941, Britain is at war, and Kitty Williams' fiance Joe is far from home fighting Hitler with the Navy. As Kitty's heart is shattered into pieces hearing the news she had been dreading, resolve kicks in and she becomes more determined than ever to do her bit for the war effort. Signing up to the Women's Army is just the sort of challenge Kitty needs and on meeting...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Peggy Collins has learned a lot during her time as a Spark Girl. Posted to Swansea, as a driver to the squadron leader, she often hears things she shouldn't and she knows to be discreet, understanding how serious the phrase, loose lips sink ships really is. Peggy meets and falls in love with pilot Jim Hudson, but her heart is broken when he becomes missing in action and Peggy is left fearing the worst. That isn't the end of the shocks in store for...
Author
Publisher
Soundings Audio Books
Pub. Date
2019
Description
March 1942. New mother Alice Milward is itching to return to her job as a shop assistant at Liberty's. Despite her husband still being missing in action, Alice is determined to give baby Arthur the best possible start. She soon settles back into the rhythm of life on the shop floor, and the Liberty Girls rally to help keep everything on an even keel. But when the American GIs start swarming into London, there are more complications to come. And each...
Author
Publisher
Arrow Books
Pub. Date
2020
Description
London, 1943: Dot Hanson has never forgotten the thrill of seeing the beautiful Christmas displays at Liberty's department store as a young girl. Never in her wildest dreams did she think she would one day work there, or that she would fall in love with the store's manager, her childhood sweetheart Edwin Button. But in spite of the life Dot has built for herself, and the tight-knit community around her, she lives in the shadow of a terrible secret....
Author
Publisher
Dales
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
April 1940. Violet Millington is ready to rediscover the joy of living. As she waltzes into the palais, to begin her new life of boosting morale in war-swept London, she must leave her family's sorrow behind her. And soon she'll discover she's not the only one running away from something. Violet quickly befriends gutsy American Nancy, the diamond of the dance hall; flame-haired Renee, with her enviable foxtrot; and Temperance, who must overcome her...
Author
Publisher
Soundings Audio Books
Pub. Date
2018
Description
September 1942. Mary arrives in London to take up a new post as a fabric cutter at Liberty's Carnaby Street store. Recently discharged from the Women's Army in the wake of scandal, Mary is harbouring a broken heart and a painful secret. Although nervous for her new start, Mary is welcomed into the fold by a group of women who quickly feel like family. And yet not everyone Mary meets becomes a fast friend - least of all her new manager Mabel Partridge....