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East End Ration volume 1
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It's 1939, and the Brogan family of London's East End are ready to show Hitler what for. But things don't seem so rosy when rationing, evacuation and air-raids start to put this larger-than-life family to the test. When a mysterious young man arrives at the Brogans' local parish church, he provides just the dazzling distraction they need - and for eldest daughter Mattie, the promise of more than she'd ever wished for. But as the pair fall deeper in...
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2022
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Desperate to escape their stepfather's house, sisters Amy and Lillian stow away aboard a train full of children being evacuated from London and the threat of Hitler's bombs. Arriving in the seaside town of Worthing, they are taken in by kindly Norah and her husband Jim. With their future now entrusted to strangers, can the girls finally find a safe harbour in these dark days of war? And will they find the strength to confront what they have been running...
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The Second World War has been declared, and Pete decides to leave his native Australia for England and joins the RAF. But before he leaves, he makes a promise to his mother - he will meet up with her old friend in Liverpool. But, with half the city reduced to ruins, Pete arrives to find her house destroyed and her daughter missing.
45) Wartime brides
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Wives and Lovers volume 1
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The war is now over and people must count the cost. Three women from very different backgrounds meet when they find themselves on Bristol Temple Meads station waiting for the return of their loved ones.
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2022
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A warm-hearted and nostalgic family saga from the author of The Nursemaid's Secret and Bicycles and Blackberries, perfect for readers of Katie Flynn. 1934. Following the death of her mother, twelve-year-old Tess Rainbow takes on the responsibility of caring for her family. When a plane crash-lands near their home on Romney Marsh, she meets the charming Moray Tann, a young pilot from Scotland, who turns out to be the son of one of her father's rivals....
47) Daughters of war
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France, 1944. Deep in the river valley of the Dordogne, in an old stone cottage on the edge of a beautiful village, three sisters long for the end of the war. Helene, the eldest, is trying her hardest to steer her family to safety, even as the Nazi occupation becomes more threatening. Elise, the rebel, is determined to help the Resistance, whatever the cost. And Florence, the dreamer, just yearns for a world where France is free. Then, one dark night,...
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The Dover Cafe volume 1
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Dover, 1939. At the heart of Market Square lies Castle's Cafe, run by the formidable Nellie Castle and her six children. Nellie's eldest daughter Marianne has suffered the scorn and gossip of the townsfolk since the scandalous birth of her illegitimate baby ten years ago. But her five siblings are loyal, and have sworn never to allow harm to come to her or her beloved son Donny. And when she meets trumpeter Alfie - a cheerful, kind soldier friend...
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2021
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Cathy was a happy, blushing bride when Britain went to war with Germany three years ago. But her dreams were crushed by her violent husband Stanley's involvement with the fascist black-shirts, and even when he's conscripted she knows it's only a brief respite - divorce is not an option. Cathy stays strong for her beloved little son Peter. When a telegram arrives declaring that her husband is missing in action, Cathy can finally allow herself to hope...
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The Dover Cafe volume 3
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1940. As firebombs fall on Dover, Edie Castle's life is thrown into turmoil when the garage where she lives and works as a mechanic is damaged, and her beloved boss Mr Pearson is arrested. With no job and nowhere else to go, Edie returns to Castle's Cafe and her formidable mother Nellie. Living with her parent is never easy, but tensions reach boiling point when an old friend of Nellie's arrives looking for a place to stay. Desperate to clear her...
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2022
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For as long as she can remember, Peggy O'Shea has been expected to work at the family dairy, look after her younger siblings, and eventually marry cow-keeper Martin Gallagher. And that's the way it has predictably gone, apart from one glorious summer when, at the age of eight, she meets handsome Anthony Giardano. But there's bad blood between the Irish O'Sheas and the Italian Giardanos, so perhaps for the sake of both of their families, it's a good...
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2020
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In the quiet Cotswolds village of Great Rollright in 1942, a thin, and unusually elegant, housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted mother-of-three, attentive wife and friendly neighbour, Sonya Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity. However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her ration book, Sonya was heading for the Oxfordshire countryside to gather scientific secrets from a nuclear physicist....