East London during the Blitz
and when Violet loses her sister in the Blitz, she decides to take her nieces
to safety on her aunts farm in Cornwall. Once there she meets Hazel, a woman
married to a bully of a husband who was recently gone off to fight for his
country. Together they meet Eva who is also running from the dangers of London.
The town Porthcurno hides a secret military base,
and the three women who all get jobs at the base realise there’s a battle to
fight in Cornwall, too. But will
their friendship be enough to keep them safe?
I will be honest, initially I
wasn’t sure if I was going to like this book, as it is so far away from the type
of books I usually read however, it blew me away and I absolutely loved it!!!
The characters are so well
written you immediately fall in love with the good ones, and want to boo and
hiss at the baddies! I’m also ashamed to
say that I never knew that Cornwall was bombed so heavily during the war, or played
such an important part, as you only ever really hear about London, or the amazing
work that was done at Bletchley.
As the first book in a series,
this is setting up the characters, and really draws you into their lives, however,
it has twists and tales that will captivate you and you won’t want to put this
book down. I can’t recommend it enough and I’m already excited for the next one
in the series!!!
Thank you so much for this, Sara!! I had tears in my eyes reading this lovely review! Jane xxx (writing as Betty Walker)
ReplyDeleteHonestly, it is such a lovely book - those girls are now safely tucked in my heart until the next story!!
ReplyDeleteAwww ... That makes me feel amazing, thank you. xxx
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