‘An evocative tale’ Woman Magazine‘An evocative tale’ Woman MagazineThe East End of London has been devastated by the Blitz and the people are struggling to come to terms with their ravaged city. Rationing bites ever deeper and and everything that makes life better is in short supply. For the district nurses, the challenges are tougher than ever.Gladys loves her work in the Civil Nursing Reserve, but just when she needs to rely on her sister at home to help out with the chores, she turns into a handful of trouble. Edith is learning to cope with her boyfriend's injuries after Dunkirk but will she have to choose between her love for him and her career?With no end in sight, the war reaches its darkest moment … Can the nurses – and the families and patients that rely on them – find the strength to carry on?Praise for Annie Groves:‘An engrossing story’ My Weekly‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story’ Liverpool Daily Post‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break‘Written from the heart’ My WeeklyThe new heartwarming wartime saga for 2019Annie Groves was the creation of the much-loved writer, Penny Halsall, who died in 2011. Penny was born and lived in the north-west of England all of her life and the Annie Groves novels drew on her family’s history, picked up from listening to her grandmother’s stories as a child.Penny’s legacy of heart-warming and uplifting novels lives on through writer Jenny Shaw – who knew Penny personally for many years.The new heartwarming wartime saga for 2019• Annie Groves is a top 20 Sunday Times bestselling author. These heartwarming stories of love and heartache have garnered legions of fans across the globe.• This series follows the fate and fortune of a young woman who becomes a District Nurse in London’s Roman Road area.• Annie taps into the ongoing nostalgia for the Second World War and the heroic women who kept calm and carried on.• Stunning new package for the seriesCompetition: Miss Nightingale Nurses; The Nurses of Steeple Street; Wartime at Woolworths. Nadine Dorries; Elaine Everest; Daisy Styles; Pam Weaver; Jean Fullerton; Kitty Neale; Donna Douglas; Ellie Dean.
Published by: HarperCollins Publishers