Book description
Life is bleak for Rose Lucas, a spirited, intelligent girl, born into a
large family in the slums of pre-war Birmingham. But her friendship with
Diana, daughter of a vicar from middle-class Moseley, gives her hope.
She learns to aspire to a different kind of existence, vowing never to
become a child-bearing drudge like her mother.
Life, however, never follows the way of dreams. After a childhood
marked by tragedy, Rose eventually finds and loses the love for which
she has striven so hard. From Italy, where she has travelled during the
Second World War, she is forced to return to Birmingham and an unhappy
marriage, her hopes and illusions shattered. But Rose will not be
defeated and she, too, is determined to rise once again above the
devastation of her life . . .
Collect the Birmingham set:
Birmingham Friends
Birmingham Blitz
Annie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John's
College, Oxford. Her first 'Birmingham' novel, Birmingham Rose
, hit The Times
bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently
written many other successful novels, including The Bells of
Bournville Green
, sequel to the bestselling Chocolate Girls
, and A Hopscotch Summer
. Annie has four children and lives near Reading.
