Download or read book Daisy s Wars written by Meg Henderson and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in a family whose only interest is her older sister, a precociously talented singer, Daisy learns early on how to cope with disappointment and rejection. Strikingly attractive, Daisy is determined to break free and live life on her own terms. Then a despicable act of violence gives her no choice but to leave home. The WAAFs want recruits and Daisy, full of anticipation and trepidation, signs up. Now she can be the person she's always wanted to be - but who exactly is that? Through the dangers of the war, the raids, the heightened camaraderie, the emotional tension, Daisy comes to realise that she need not put up a front as a good-time girl or an ice-queen. But by then, it's too late for the one pilot who almost broke through her reserve...
Download or read book Daisy s Wars written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman escapes her stifling home town to become a WAAF, little realising the life she will lead as World War Two breaks.
Download or read book Daisy s War written by Rowena Summers and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2023-01-23 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With hope dwindling, can she find her way again? The three Caldwell sisters have split up. Imogen has joined the war effort, Elsie has married, and Daisy is living away from home and missing her sisters. Although busy making new friends and dancing with handsome young men, Daisy cannot avoid the horrors of the war. As a nurse she is confronted by death daily, and she can’t help but worry that one day she’ll lose those closest to her. As the chaos of the Second World War rages on and her life becomes ruled by uncertainty, Daisy dreams of real love, lasting friendship and a brighter future. Now, she must find the strength to fight for it... An emotional and compelling wartime saga, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Hendry and Fenella J. Miller.
Download or read book Daisy s War written by Rowena Summers and published by Caldwell Girls. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was more than one kind of war. There was the one that threatened so much of the world now, and there was the inner war within a person. A terrible tragedy has torn the Caldwell family apart and the Caldwell girls have split up: Imogen has joined the war effort, Elsie has married, and Daisy? Daisy has lost her way. Living away from home and missing her sisters, Daisy isn't sure who she is anymore. She's making new friends, dancing with new beaus, but everywhere she turns, she finds death. Working as a nurse and confronted with new horrors daily, Daisy finds herself wondering what the point of it all is anymore. As the chaos of the Second World War rages on and her own life falls to pieces, Daisy dreams of real love, of lasting friendship, and of hope for a different life... but she must look for light where she can find it. This uplifting coming of age story is the second in The Caldwell Girls saga. Daisy's War was first published in 2001.
Download or read book Daisy s War written by Shayne Parkinson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1914, Daisy lives in the quiet New Zealand valley where her family has farmed for generations. A cherished only child with an adored older cousin, and surrounded by a sprawling extended family, her world seems a warm and safe one. But the Great War is casting its long shadow over New Zealand. Daisy watches in growing fear as more and more of the men leave to fight in Europe, and the War strikes ever closer to the heart of her family. Daisy's War opens five years after the end of A Second Chance. The settings and many of the characters from the earlier books are revisited, while a new generation is introduced: that of Amy's grandchildren.
Download or read book Daisy s War written by Roberta Grieve and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daisy's War is a historical romance set on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent during World War One. Daisy is too young to join the WAAFs like her glamorous sister Sylvia and opts instead to work in the NAAFI which serves the sailors and soldiers stationed in the dockyard and garrison with snacks, cigarettes and toiletries. She has vowed to stay true to Bob, her childhood sweetheart. But Bob is serving overseas and she fears he will not return. Enter tall handsome soldier Christopher, known to his friends as Lofty.
Download or read book The Girl From Cobb Street written by Merryn Allingham and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She longed for a family of her own... Growing up in an orphanage on East London’s Cobb Street, Daisy Driscoll never felt the warm heart of home. Forging her own way in the world, determined Daisy struggles to make ends meet as the country finds itself on the brink of the Second World War.
Download or read book Daisy Chain War written by Joan O'Neill and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2002 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1941. Britain is in the grip of the Second World War, and in Ireland, ten year old Lizzie Doyle is getting on with her life and trying to adjust to the arrival of her wild cousin Vicky from England. Vicky is trouble, she's a flirt, she's devious and she's headstrong. Can she and good natured Lizzie ever be real friends? Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Download or read book Taking Heart written by Rowena Summers and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daisy s Long Road Home written by Merryn Allingham and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All she’s ever wanted is a place to call home 1948: Daisy Driscoll is working as a qualified Sister in Brighton. The war may be over, but Daisy’s heart is in turmoil. Abandoned in childhood and haunted by the experience of her first marriage, Daisy no longer trusts anyone.
Download or read book The Nurses s War written by Merryn Allingham and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1941: As a nurse in the rubble-strewn East End of London, Daisy Driscoll is a first-hand witness to the trauma of the Second World War. The blare of guns and bombs assailing the dark empty streets of London are now the soundtrack to her life. Yet this isn¿t the only war Daisy is fighting ¿ there¿s a battlefield in her heart as she deals with her husband¿s cruel betrayal. As Daisy tries to forge a new life without him, she is determined not to become dependent on another man ¿ but first she must face her very deepest fears¿
Download or read book BB 8 on the Run written by Drew Daywalt and published by Chirpy Bird. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When BB-8 is separated from his master, Poe Dameron, on the lonely desert planet of Jakku, he has no choice but to keep rolling. It's all up to him to get a top-secret map back to the Resistance so they can find Luke Skywalker and save the galaxy from the evil First Order. It's scary to have a big job when you're just a little droid on your own. But BB-8 isn't alone for long. As he speeds across the sand, BB-8 meets all kinds of strangers who need his help. Should he do good things, as Poe always told him, or will that get in the way of his mission? See how everyone's favorite little astromech droid makes friends and foils enemies in this funny and exciting new Star Wars adventure!
Download or read book Daisy s War written by Scott Baron and published by Curiouser. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With powerful forces working behind the scenes, Daisy seemed to be on the path to what may very well be a rousing victory. Or a glorious death, should she fail. For obvious reasons, she hoped for the former rather than the latter.She and her friends had persevered and come out on the other side time and again. Now they just had to pull together one last time to stand against their greatest foe. Success would mean victory. Failure would mean the loss of all they held dear.Alliances had been forged, and forces mustered, and her enemies were square in her sights. It was time to act, and Daisy knew she was in for the fight of her life, and on multiple fronts at that. The struggle would be fierce, and blood would certainly be shed, but at the end of the day, she just hoped the majority of it would not be her own.
Download or read book Taking Heart written by Rowena Summers and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daisy s War written by Scott Baron and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daisy s White House written by Wynter Sommers and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daisy's Adventures is a collection of stories about an orphan adopted in the United States during WWII. Daisy learns the hard way about confidence tricksters and how good character was required in the founding of the United States. Although she thought her trip would be boring, she learns about the symbolism on paper money and the bravery of our soldiers at Christmas time during the war.
Download or read book Daisy Ridley written by Nicole Orr and published by Purple Toad Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the actress from England who took the world by storm as the first female Jedi in the Star Wars Saga. She's Daisy Ridley, and the force is with her.
