Evocative and heartrending saga of Liverpool during World War Two, from the author of AS TIME GOES BY â rising star Annie Groves
Katieâs full of trepidation as she arrives in Liverpool. Itâs her first posting and her work will be so secret that she canât even speak about it to the family sheâs billeted with. She makes it clear that sheâs here to do her bit for the war effort, not to flirt with the many servicemen based at the nearby barracks.
Which is just fine with Luke, son of the household and battle-scarred veteran of Dunkirk. Heâs had his heart broken already by a flighty nurse. His mother canât help worry about him â but sheâs got more than enough on her plate with her youngest children, the teenage twins, who donât see why a war should stop them having fun and achieving their ambition to go on the stage. Then the bombs begin to rain in Liverpool in earnest and everyone, from oldest to youngest, must realise what matters most in life.
