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The brand-new instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling
Goodwill House series.August 1940 As Autumn approaches, Lady Joanna
Harcourt is preparing for new guests at Goodwill House - land
girls, Sally, Daphne and Charlie. Sally, a feisty blonde from the
East End, has never seen a cow before, but she's desperate to
escape London and her horrible ex, Dennis. And although the hours
are long and the work hard, Sal quickly becomes good friends with
the other girls Daphne and Charlie and enjoys life at Goodwill
House. Until Dennis reappears threatening to drag her back to
London. Sal fears her life as a land girl is over, just as she
finally felt worthy. But Lady Joanna has other ideas and a plan to
keep Sal safe and doing the job she loves. Don't miss the next
heart-breaking instalment in Fenella J. Miller's beautiful Goodwill
House series. Praise for Fenella J. Miller: 'Curl up in a chair
with Fenella J Miller's characters and lose yourself in another
time and another place.' Lizzie Lane 'Engaging characters and
setting which whisks you back to the home front of wartime Britain.
A fabulous series!' Jean Fullerton
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California Redwoods
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Jim Sargent; Edited by Pat Brack; Cover design or artwork by Fiona Jayde
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A gripping and thrilling novel of the courageous Black women who
made history in World War Two. Inspired by true events, and perfect
for fans of Kate Quinn's The Alice Network and Hidden Figures.
'Poignant and powerful; an untold story that you simply must read'
NATASHA LESTER Based on the true story of the 6888th Postal
Battalion (the Six Triple Eight), Sisters in Arms explores the
untold story of what life was like for the only all-Black, female
US battalion to be deployed overseas during World War Two.
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They were fighting for freedom everywhere. But the first battle
they had to win was at home. Grace Steele and Eliza Jones make
history when they join the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, and form
the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. Not only are they
among the first class of female officers the army has ever seen,
they are also the first Black women allowed to serve. Everyone is
determined to see this experiment fail and learning to navigate
their way through the segregated army is tougher than boot camp.
Grace and Eliza may be from completely different backgrounds but
they both recognise that to succeed they must be more perfect than
everyone else: there is no room for error. They know that what lies
overseas in England and France could cause them great personal
cost, but nothing is going to stop these courageous women from
playing their parts for the country they love.
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Sisters in Arms is richly praised: 'Heartwarming but fierce, a
novel brimming with camaraderie and fire, starring women you'd love
to make your friends' KATE QUINN 'A beautifully written love song
to the brave, oft forgotten Black women who courageously stepped up
to serve their country' FARRAH ROCHON 'The story of these brave
female soldiers will have you rooting for them with the turn of
every page and brimming with pride. A triumph!' KWANA JACKSON 'Well
written, good characters that I loved and emotions that were up and
down constantly. I didn't want it to end' 5* reader review
'Outstanding . . . well written and easy to read. It threw twists
and turns and kept the reader interested until the end' 5* reader
review 'I really enjoyed this story and I felt that I learned a lot
at the same time' reader review 'A great introduction to a slice of
history I wasn't aware of - it's made me want to learn more and
that can only be a good thing' reader review 'It's well worth a
read and will keep you engrossed right to the end' 5* reader review
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Stanley Thomson
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Hanna
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Magali Jeger
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Red Milk
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Sjon; Translated by Victoria Cribb
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'A book like a blade of light, searching out and illuminating the
darkest corners of history . . . It's vivid, unputdownable, alive,
and written with unerring artfulness and subtlety.' Neel Mukherjee
Gunnar Kampen grows up in Iceland during the Second World War in a
household fiercely opposed to Hitler and Nazism. At nineteen he
seems set for a conventional, dutiful life. And yet in the spring
of 1958, he founds a covert, anti-Semitic nationalist party, a
cause that will take him on a clandestine mission to England from
which he never returns. Inspired by one of the ringleaders of a
little-known neo-Nazi group that was formed in Iceland in the
1950s, Sjon's portrait of an ardent fascist is as thought-provoking
as it is disturbing. As this taut and fascinating novel suggests,
the seeds of extremism can be hard to detect - and the ideology of
the far-right remains dangerously potent.
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