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WW2 Manchester: Newlyweds Helen and Jim Harrison have big plans -
to leave the family shop where Helen works and set up home
together. But when Jim is tragically killed in an air raid, Helen
is heartbroken, her life in ruins. Battling grief and despair,
Helen resolves to escape her domineering mother and rebuild her
shattered world. Wartime Manchester is a dangerous place, besieged
by crime and poverty. So when Helen joins the Women's Auxiliary
Police Corps, working with evacuees, the destitute and the
vulnerable, she finds a renewed sense of purpose. She's come a long
way from her place behind the counter in the corner shop. But
there's still something missing in her heart. Is Helen able to
accept love and happiness and find the courage to change her life?
These characters speak from the heart - the pain and excitement of
leaving, the struggle to find work and raise a family and always
the longing for home that never goes away. A Cork man drawn into
the gangs of 19th century Manchester finds an unlikely escape from
his criminal life. A navvy, 'Sure, didn't we build England for
them,' is moved by tragedy to make something of himself. A young
woman arrives in England expecting the excitement she's read about
in magazines, but her matchmaker cousin has other ideas ...Those
who crossed the sea carried not only their dreams of a better life,
but the strength and good humour to adapt and survive. These
fifteen stories portray with precision and honesty the experience
of Irish immigrants-focusing on moments of passion, stark reality,
and that eternal conflict between where they belong and where they
live.
Belfast, 1939, and Martha's daughters are beginning to make their
way in the world. Irene, the eldest, is on the lookout for a new
job and romance. She is torn between Sean O'Hara - wanted by the
police for something he didn't do - and RAF radio engineer Sandy,
serving in India. Pat is sensitive and thoughtful, and dreams of
life beyond the Ulster Linen Works. When she is introduced to a
dashing tenor, the possibility of a new life seems ever more real .
. . Peggy, hot-headed and glamorous, loves her job in Mr
Goldstein's music shop on Royal Avenue, where she catches the eye
of a Humphrey Bogart lookalike, but he isn't all he appears . . .
Sheila, the youngest, wants to stay on at school, but her family
desperately need another wage. Above all, she longs to be treated
like a grown up. Although they lead very different lives, the
sisters share a passion for singing and when they are asked to join
a new troupe of entertainers, Martha fears this will put them in
temptation's way. Can she hold her family together and keep her
girls safe, even when the bombs begin to fall? The Golden Sisters,
the fabulous sequel to Martha's Girls, is out now!
In wartime it takes courage to follow your heart. Manchester, 1939.
Everyone hated the heat and the deafening noise, but for Gracie the
worst thing was the smell of chemicals that turned her stomach
every morning when she arrived at the Rosenberg Raincoats factory.
Gracie is a girl on the factory floor. Jacob is the boss's
charismatic nephew. When they fall in love, it seems as if the
whole world is against them - especially Charlie Nuttall, who also
works at the factory and has always wanted Gracie for himself. But
worse is to come when Jacob disappears and Gracie is devastated,
vowing to find him. Can she solve the mystery of his whereabouts?
Gracie will need all her strength and courage to find a happy
ending.
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