A Christmas Promise

Informationen zum Autor Annie Groves was the creation of the much-loved writer, Penny Halsall, who died in 2011. Penny was born and lived in the north-west of England all of her life and the Annie Groves novels drew on her family’s history, picked up from listening to her grandmother’s stories as a child. Penny’s legacy of heart-warming and uplifting novels lives on through writer Jenny Shaw – who knew Penny personally for many years. Klappentext An emotional and heart-warming portrayal of the lives of four women living in wartime London. For the girls living at No.13 Article Row, the war years have never been tougher... Tilly is heartbroken when Drew, the love of her life, returns to America and doesn't come back. Tilly can't believe that he would break their solemn promise to love each other for ever. Olive. Tilly's mother, knows the real reason that he has never been in touch but fears the truth will hurt her daughter even more. For Tilly's friends, Agnes and Sally, the war has also dealt them a cruel hand and, along with the rest of the country, they have had their share of pain. But they say that it is always darkest just before the dawn, so could it be that this war, and the girl's fortunes, are finally beginning to turn?

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Annie Groves, Groves Annie
• Verlag: Harper Collins Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 24.10.2013
• EAN: 9780007361557
• ISBN: 978-0-00-736155-7
• Seiten: 384
• Abmessung: 131 mm x 200 mm x 26 mm
• Serie: Harper
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; FICTION / War & Military, Sagas, Historical romance, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Sagas, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Classic fiction: general and literary, Bombs;Friendship;Family;Love