Book description
Kay Duffield's fiancee is about to leave the country, and her own duty
with the WAAF is imminent when she becomes a bride. The precious few
days she spends with her new husband are quickly forgotten once she
starts work as a balloon operator, trained for the heavy work in order
to release more men to fight. There she makes friends with shy Emily
Bevan, who has left her parents' hill farm in Wales for the first time;
down-to-earth Biddy Bachelor, fresh from the horrors of the Liverpool
bombing, and spirited Jo Stewart, the rebel among them, whose disregard
for authority looks set to land them all in trouble. The girls stay
friends through good times and bad, through romantic encounters and,
ultimately, tragedy. Judith Saxton has lived for many years in the
north-west. A compulsive writer, she started with short stories and
articles and many of her early stories were broadcast on Radio
Merseyside. She decided to write her Liverpool series after hearing the
reminiscences of family members about life in the city in the early
years of the twentieth century. She also writes as Katie Flynn.
