Book description
A moving story of women caught in the emotional crossfire of war.
World War Two. For men, an era of terrible devastation, broken lives
and perhaps a glimpse of heroism. But for many women, a time of
opportunity, a new-found freedom, a challenge in a changing world. For
Kath Allen and Roz Fairchild it's a time for shadowy secrest and
forbidden love…
Against the express wishes of her long-absent husband Barney, Kath
joins up as a landgirl and moves from the bustle of Birmingham to work
on Mat Ramsden's farm in the Yorkshire countryside. For the first time
in her life she feels she belongs. Kath blossoms there like a flower in
the sun and, free from the rigid restrictions of Barney and his family,
begins to believe that she has a right to happiness on her own terms.
But freedom can bring temptation. And temptation can be dangerous.
Next door the Fairchild estate has been harnessed for the war effort.
Roz, exempted from call-up to work on the land, has something to hide
from her grandmother…but her grandmother too has secrets of her own. •
Praise for Elizabeth Elgin's previous novels:
'Once again Elizabeth Elgin has used her personal knowledge to fill it
with the vivid kind of detail to keep her readers happy.'
Yorkshire Evening Post
'A poignant, powerful saga that will stay in your memory long after
you've read it.'
Woman and Home Elizabeth Elgin is the bestselling author of All the
Sweet Promises, Whisper on the Wind, I'll Bring You Buttercups,
Daisychain Summer, Where Bluebells Chime, Windflower Wedding and One
Summer at Deer's Leap. She served in the WRNS during the Second World
War and met her husband on board a submarine depot ship. A keen
gardener, she has two daughters and five grandsons and lives in a
village in the Vale of York.
