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A gritty World War Two saga from Sunday Times bestseller, Annie Murray, following the lives of the women and girls who worked at the Cadbury's factory in Birmingham.
About the author
Annie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John's College, Oxford. Her first Birmingham novel, Birmingham Rose, hit The Sunday Times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels, including War Babies and Girls in Tin Hats and the bestselling novels Chocolate Girls, Sisters of Gold and Black Country Orphan. Annie has four children, all Birmingham born and she lives near Oxford.
Summary
From Annie Murray, the bestselling author of The Bells of Bournville Green, comes Secrets of the Chocolate Girls, another gritty family saga about love, war and chocolate . . .
September 1940, Birmingham.
While her husband and daughter work at Cadbury's Bournville factory, Ann Gilby has her hands full at home. Her other daughter, Sheila, has newly returned home with baby Elaine. And, with Sheila's husband away doing his bit in the RAF, Ann knows she should be grateful to have all her children safe under one roof.
But she can't help but fear for their uncertain future, as bombs fall ever closer to her Birmingham home. Part of her yearns for the carefree days of her youth when she too worked the line at Cadbury's, filling trays of chocolate shells.
But mostly Ann tries not to think of the past at all, since that would mean she would have to confront her oldest secret. A secret that she has kept since the last war, and the one that could easily rip her family apart . . .
Readers love Secrets of the Chocolate Girls:
'So good that I couldn’t put the book down'
'I loved all the characters with such a lot of research blended in'
'Annie Murray gets all her facts correct . . . I know because I worked there'
'Another great book by Annie Murray'
Foreword
A gritty World War Two saga from Sunday Times Bestseller, Annie Murray, following the lives of the women and girls who worked at the Cadbury Factory in Birmingham.
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A tale of passion and empathy which will keep you hooked
