Book description
June 1940. Despite losing her mother at a young age and her father
away on important war work, seventeen-year-old Rita Smith has plenty
of people to turn to in the close-knit community of Cliffhaven. Until
Italy sides with Germany and Rita's closest friends and neighbours are
interned as enemies of the state.
As war rages across Europe, Rita is more determined than ever to do
her bit for the war effort. Although she is forced to give up her
dream of joining the WAAF, she volunteers as a fire warden. When her
own home is destroyed Rita vows she will not lose spirit and throws
herself into doing her bit for king and country, longing for the day
when she is reunited with those she loves best...
Ellie Dean lives in Eastbourne, which has been her home for many
years and where she raised her three children. She is also the author of
THERE'LL BE BLUE SKIES
and FAR FROM HOME
.
