Download or read book Wartime with the Cornish Girls The Cornish Girls Series written by Betty Walker and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1941. The Blitz rages over London. And even in Cornwall, the war is being fought...
Download or read book Courage for the Cornish Girls The Cornish Girls Series Book 3 written by Betty Walker and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: April 1942. Enemy gunfire on Penzance beach brings the Cornish Girls rushing to the rescue...
Download or read book Christmas with the Cornish Girls The Cornish Girls Series written by Betty Walker and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1941. The bombs still fall, but in St. Ives Christmas is finally approaching for the Cornish Girls...
Download or read book The Glorious Guinness Girls written by Emily Hourican and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From London to Ireland during the 1920s, this glorious, gripping, and richly textured story takes us to the heart of the remarkable real-life story of the Guinness Girls—perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Julian Fellowes' Belgravia. Descendants of the founder of the Guinness beer empire, they were the toast of 1920s high society, darlings of the press, with not a care in the world. But Felicity knows better. Sent to live with them as a child because her mother could no longer care for her, she grows up as the sisters’ companion. Both an outsider and a part of the family, she witnesses the complex lives upstairs and downstairs, sees the compromises and sacrifices beneath the glamorous surface. Then, at a party one summer’s evening, something happens that sends shock waves through the entire household. Inspired by a remarkable true story and fascinating real events, The Glorious Guinness Girls is an unforgettable novel about the haves and have-nots, one that will make you ask if where you find yourself is where you truly belong.
Download or read book Torpedoed written by Deborah Heiligman and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Deborah Heiligman comes Torpedoed, a true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII. Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on board. When the war ships escorting the Benares departed, a German submarine torpedoed what became known as the Children's Ship. Out of tragedy, ordinary people became heroes. This is their story. This title has Common Core connections.
Download or read book Courage My Love written by Kristin Beck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Nazi occupation of Rome begins, two courageous young women are plunged deep into the Italian Resistance to fight for their freedom in this captivating debut novel. Rome, 1943 Lucia Colombo has had her doubts about fascism for years, but as a single mother in an increasingly unstable country, politics are for other people--she needs to focus on keeping herself and her son alive. Then the Italian government falls and the German occupation begins, and suddenly, Lucia finds that complacency is no longer an option. Francesca Gallo has always been aware of injustice and suffering. A polio survivor who lost her father when he was arrested for his anti-fascist politics, she came to Rome with her fiancé to start a new life. But when the Germans invade and her fiancé is taken by the Nazis, Francesca decides she has only one option: to fight back. As Lucia and Francesca are pulled deeper into the struggle against the Nazi occupation, both women learn to resist alongside the partisans to drive the Germans from Rome. But as winter sets in, the occupation tightens its grip on the city, and the resistance is in constant danger. In the darkest days, Francesca and Lucia face their pasts, find the courage to love, and maintain hope for a future that is finally free.
Download or read book Through the Wall written by Caroline Corcoran and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pre-order Five Days Missing now! The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author Caroline Corcoran, coming February 2022. ‘A rival to Gone Girl for its addictive, twisted plot.’ STYLIST
Download or read book The Light Over London written by Julia Kelly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscent of Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, this entrancing story “is a poignant reminder that there is no limit to what women can do. A nostalgic, engrossing read” (Julia London, New York Times bestselling author). It’s easier for Cara Hargraves to bury herself in the past than to deal with the present, which is why working for a gruff but brilliant antiques dealer is perfect. While clearing out an estate, she pries open an old tin that holds the relics of a lost relationship: an unfinished diary from World War II and a photo of a young woman in uniform. Captivated by the hauntingly beautiful diary, Cara begins her search for the author, never guessing that it might reveal her own family’s wartime secrets. In 1941, nineteen-year-old Louise Keene feels trapped in her Cornish village, waiting for a wealthy suitor her mother has chosen for her to return from the war. But when Louise meets Flight Lieutenant Paul Bolton, a dashing RAF pilot stationed at a local base, everything changes. And changes again when Paul’s unit is deployed without warning. Desperate for a larger life, Louise joins the women’s auxiliary branch of the British Army in the anti-aircraft gun unit as a gunner girl. As bombs fall on London, she and the other gunner girls show their bravery and resilience while performing their duties during deadly air raids. The only thing that gets Louise through those dark, bullet-filled nights is knowing that she and Paul will be together when the war is over. But when a bundle of her letters to him is returned unopened, she learns that wartime romance can have a much darker side. “Sweeping, stirring, and heartrending in all the best ways, this tale of one of WWII’s courageous, colorful, and enigmatic gunner girls will take your breath away” (Kristin Harmel, bestselling author of The Room on Rue Amelie).
Download or read book Across the Mersey written by Annie Groves and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of ‘The Grafton Girls’ comes the story of one Liverpool family preparing for the onslaught of World War Two, while trying not to fight among themselves.
Download or read book The Spitfire Girl in the Skies written by Fenella J. Miller and published by Aria. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second Spitfire Girl novel from bestselling author Fenella J Miller. The ATA training base, Hampshire, 1940. Ellie Simpson is attached to an Air Transport Auxiliary base in Hampshire. Life as an ATA pilot is tough, but despite the long hours and danger, Ellie can think of nowhere she'd rather be. Not only does she love flying, but doing important war work, alongside new-found friends, provides a welcome distraction from worrying about loved ones fighting on the front line. Being an ATA girl is definitely exciting, but as Ellie soon finds out wearing the distinctive blue uniform also means putting her life on the line every time she takes to the skies. It will take friendship and a strength she didn't know she possessed to help her country - and those she loves - to survive. An inspiring story of an incredible girl going above and beyond during World War II.
Download or read book The Secrets of Saffron Hall written by Clare Marchant and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two women. Five centuries apart. One life-changing secret about to be unearthed...
Download or read book A Mother s Hope for the Cornish Girls The Cornish Girls Series Book 4 written by Betty Walker and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the bonds of motherhood give them the strength they’ll need to get through the war?
Download or read book A Wedding for the Cornish Girls The Cornish Girls Series Book 5 written by Betty Walker and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth heartwarming instalment in the Cornish Girls series Can love still thrive in the uncertainty of war?
Download or read book A New Hope for the Cornish Girls The Cornish Girls Series Book 7 written by Betty Walker and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2024-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brand new heartwarming instalment in the Cornish Girls series perfect for fans of Ginny Bell and Elaine Everest
Download or read book Christmas with the Cornish Girls written by Betty Walker and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1941, and Christmas is approaching in St Ives. Shy Lily wishes she could hide from the war. But when her friend Eva asks if she will join her in working at a servicemen's convalescent home, Lily can't refuse. Eva came to St Ives to be near Max, the American pilot who risked his own life to save hers. Now, though, he just keeps pushing her away. Meanwhile, Rose suspects that the orphanage next door is mistreating its charges, and Eva is the only one who can help her uncover the truth. Can the Cornish Girls give children and servicemen alike the Christmas they so deserve?
Download or read book Victory for the Cornish Girls The Cornish Girls Series Book 6 written by Betty Walker and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2024-04-25 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brand new heartwarming instalment in the Cornish Girls series perfect for fans of Ginny Bell and Elaine Everest
Download or read book A Wedding for the Cornish Girls written by Betty Walker (Novelist) and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1943. When eighteen-year-old Alice receives a mysterious work summons for a special unit in Bude, Cornwall, she's terrified but excited. Forbidden from telling a soul, she launches into training for the most important job she's ever had. Meanwhile, Land Girl Penny also heads to Bude to work at the dairy. Dreaming of finding love, Penny longs for the confidence to speak to a charming local fisherman. Young widow Evelyn runs the boarding house where Alice and Penny are staying. Between caring for a small child and her tearaway younger sister, she is utterly run off her feet. So when two American soldiers are billeted in her house, Evelyn butts heads with them immediately.But might sparks fly for Evelyn when she least expects it? Can Penny pluck up the courage to pursue romance? And will Alice be up to the job?
