Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s hard-hitting and gripping fiction, set in Liverpool during the Blitz, continues to move readers.Three brave women, their lives closely entwined, deal with the destruction brought on by the Blitz in the Second World War.Whilst Gwen attempts to keep up with the constant demands of family life amidst the horrors of war, her sister-in-law Emmie is consumed by fear for the safety of her fiancé.Meanwhile next-door, Ellen’s house is destroyed by bombs, leaving her family homeless with the threat of poverty looming.Faced with devastating challenges, can ordinary people fight to carry on with life in a city torn apart by war?

Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s hard-hitting and gripping fiction, set in Liverpool during the Blitz, continues to move readers.Three brave women, their lives closely entwined, deal with the destruction brought on by the Blitz in the Second World War.Whilst Gwen attempts to keep up with the constant demands of family life amidst the horrors of war, her sister-in-law Emmie is consumed by fear for the safety of her fiancé.Meanwhile next-door, Ellen’s house is destroyed by bombs, leaving her family homeless with the threat of poverty looming.Faced with devastating challenges, can ordinary people fight to carry on with life in a city torn apart by war?