Book description
When sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast,
she is terrified by what lies ahead of her. All she knows are the
sights and sounds of London's East End - but Sally swallows her tears
as they leave the familiar landmarks behind, knowing that she has to
be a Grown-Up Girl and play mother to her six-year-old brother Ernie.
Playing mother is nothing new for Sally - their real mother Florrie, a
good-time girl, hasn't even come to the station to wave them off and
Ernie, crippled at an early age by polio, is used to depending on his
older sister.
When they arrive in Cliffehaven, they're taken to live at the Beach
View Boarding House where they're welcomed by the open-hearted Reilly
family headed up by warm, loving Peggy, and life begins to improve.
Sally gets a job in a uniforms factory to help pay her way - and to
pay for Ernie's expensive medicines - but then Florrie arrives in
Cliffehaven, bringing disaster with her. And Sally is forced to work
out where her true loyalties lie ...
Ellie Dean lives in Eastbourne, which has been her home for many
years and where she raised her three children.
There'll be Blue Skies
is her first novel.
