The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. Rose, Clover and Daisy are the pretty blond sisters of the Harrison family, living with their parents and two brothers, and working in East London and the outbreak of WWII. Rose the eldest is a nurse working in Homerton Hospital, she despairs of her younger siblings and their occasional less sensible attitudes to life. Clover is the handful of the family and whenever there’s trouble she isn’t far away. At the first chance she gets, she volunteers for the Auxiliary Service, but things go far from smoothly. Daisy is the baby of the family, but she doesn’t want to be treated like a child anymore and is determined to grow up, whether her family like it or not. When she gets a chance to sign up to do her bit, she seizes her chance. As rationing, blackouts and bombs start to bite, life will change forever for the three sisters. 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 Weekly heartwarming historical fiction for Christmas 2022 Annie 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. heartwarming historical fiction for Christmas 2022 • 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 new series follows the fortunes of three sisters from the East End of London, and features familiar faces form the District Nurses series as well as lots of new characters. • Annie taps into the ongoing nostalgia for the Second World War and the heroic women who kept calm and carried on. Annie Groves is a series favourite for readers and a leading author in family drama, her books have been bestsellers in PB and in-ebook over dozens of books. Competition: Miss Nightingale Nurses;The Nurses of Steeple Street;Wartime at Woolworths;Christmas with the East End Angels;Christmas with the Shipyard Girls;Spitfire Girls;Ops Room Girls. Nadine Dorries;Elaine Everest;Daisy Styles;Pam Weaver;Rosie Hendry;Kitty Neale;Donna Douglas;Pam Howes;Nancy Revell
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