Book description
Summer, 1938, and for the second time, Britain is threatened by war
with Germany. This time civilians too will be in the front line. In
London, two very different families are brought together by the war.
Doctors, Amy and Dan, have twins, eighteen year old Tessa and Charlie.
Nora, a working-class wife and mother, has a twelve-year-old daughter,
Sara whose dream is to become a doctor, a wild idea for a
working-class child. Together, and helping each other, the two
families struggle to survive and endure the six years of war, and Sara
fights to reach her impossible dream.
"Peggy Savage was born in Manchester prior to World War II and
went to a convent school where she gained a state scholarship to read
medicine at Newnham College. She subsequently became a GP before moving
into aviation medicine and working for a major airline abroad and at
home. Peggy finally retired to the Lake District to pursue writing. She
enjoys painting and walking and has one married son and a granddaughter.
Come the Hour is her second book published by Robert Hale. "
