Lilian Harry
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In the village of Burracombe, 'Dig for Victory' is more than just a wartime slogan. While the young men are away, everyone at home knows the war effort needs them too. Whether it's Land Girls on the farms, wives and mothers having to make do and mend, or the villagers knowing how to stretch rations to keep spirits bright, there is always something to be done to help. When the Barton is requisitioned as a children's home for war orphans, all of Burracombe...
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Hilary Napier has had enough of secrets. The engagement party at the Barton is finally a chance for her and David to celebrate their good news with friends and family. But with obstacles springing up from all angles, there may be more than the dress and the venue to arrange before they can consider walking down the aisle. Ivy Sweet is still ruffling feathers in the village but her harsh exterior falters when a stranger comes looking for her. At the...
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The day that Hilary and David have been waiting for has finally arrived and as the church bells ring out for the arrival of the bride, everyone's fingers are crossed for the day to go without a hitch. There's more love in the air as planning continues for both Dottie and Joe's and Frances and James's nuptials. There's nothing like a wedding to bring the village together. Times are changing in Burracombe and as young and old embark on new adventures...
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Devon, 1954. The villagers of Burracombe pull together to help each other though the tough times but, this summer, it's time to celebrate love and new life. There are a few surprises to come, however, before anyone can walk up the aisle. It's been a long, hard winter in Burracombe. At Buracombe Barton, Hilary Napier is doing her best to care for her father and keep the estate ticking along, all the while longing for a man she cannot have. She welcomes...
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It's the late 1950s and change is in the air. For the Napier family, up at the big house, the old ways are shifting. Hilary must discover if reaching out for a chance of happiness must mean breaking away from the life expected of her, while Patsy, their young housekeeper's help, is facing motherhood without her own family around her. Down the hill from the Napiers, villagers young and old are setting out on adventures - Stella and Felix begin married...
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2005
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Ruth, Lizzie and Heather each have their own reasons for greeting the end of the war with mixed feelings. For Ruth, it means she could lose Sammy, the evacuee boy she has come to love. Heather must adjust to the homecoming of her husband. And Lizzie is confronted by her own strength of will.
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Orion
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It is December 1952. A wedding is being planned in April Grove, Portsmouth, and Jess and Frank Budd want to bring together all their friends and neighbours, both from April Grove itself and from Bridge End, where the family was evacuated during the Second World War.
12) Love & laughter
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Orion
Pub. Date
1999
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The Second World War is over at last, and in Plymouth and Portsmouth the task of rebuilding must begin. But it is not only the buildings that have been damaged, and Lucy Pengelly wonders how she will cope with the great changes in her life.
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Orion
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2005
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Kate, Sally, Maxine and Elsie work at Priddy's Hard, the great naval armament depot on the shores of Portsmouth harbour. Even in the dark days of World War II they still find time to enjoy themselves. However, beneath the careless laughter each girl nurses a secret.
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Orion
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1997
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This book concludes the epic saga by interweaving the stories of the two younger women in the street - one desperately searching for her lost baby and the other passionately in love, but not with her new husband. No lives will be left unchanged by 1945.