Book description
August 1939. Genie Watkins, a Birmingham kid, would love to have a
proper happy family like her Italian friend, Teresa. But Genie hasn’t
reckoned with the outbreak of war, her already rocky family being split
up and the strangely liberating effect it all has on her mother . . .
Under Birmingham skies darkened by blackout Genie shares her fears and
hopes with Teresa, keeps her spirits up with her nan and glamorous
auntie Lil, and tries to hold her family together. And amid it all, she
discovers love...
Collect the Birmingham set:
Birmingham Rose
Birmingham Friends
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.
