Margaret Graham
Author
Series
Easterleigh Hall volume 2
Pub. Date
2016
Description
England is at war and Easterleigh Hall has been turned into a hospital for the duration of the hostilities. With its army of volunteers and wounded servicemen, cook Evie Forbes is determined that everyone will be properly provided for, despite the threat of rationing and dwindling supplies. All the while she waits for letters from her fiance and beloved brother, fighting on the Western Front. Then the worst happens - a telegram arrives with shattering...
Author
Series
Easterleigh Hall volume 2
Description
When Evie Forbes starts as an assistant cook at Easterleigh Hall, she goes against her family's wishes. For ruthless Lord Brampton also owns the mine where Evie's father and brothers work, and there is animosity between the two families. But Evie is determined to better herself. And her training at the hall offers her a way out of life below stairs. Evie works hard and gains a valued place in the household. And her dream of running a small hotel grows...
Author
Series
Easterleigh Hall volume 3
Description
1937: Evie and her family have struggled to keep Easterleigh Hall, now a hotel, running during the depression, and with war looming, she worries for the children, who have to find their way in a changing world. Bridie is learning her trade at her mother Evie's side, and is becoming a talented chef. Her cousin James has run away to fight in Spain, leaving the family devastated. And Tim, the boy Bridie has always loved, shocks everyone by joining the...
Author
Description
This is a heart-wrenching war time novel of shame, betrayal, loyalty and love. In England in the 1930s, eighteen-year-old Helen Carstairs braves the prejudice of friends and family to marry Heine, the young German photographer who has fled the growing horror of the Nazis. But when war breaks out Heine is interned, their small son is evacuated and Helen is left to face the Blitz alone.
Author
Publisher
Arrow Books
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Born into hardship in a Northumbrian mining village, Annie Manon needs all her strength to survive the bleak years following the First World War. As her family fractures around her, she longs to make something of her life. Through hard work and determination, Annie eventually leaves the property and despair of her childhood behind her. But then war breaks out once more, taking her further away from her dreams and those she loves most.