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(0)Dee Williams
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The events of one fateful night change two sisters' lives forever ... February, 1921. When influenza claims the life of their mother, Daisy Cooper and her younger sister Mary are suddenly all alone in the world. Daisy works long hours to keep a roof over their heads, but she worries she's neglecting Mary. Mary is thrilled when the moving pictures come to Rotherhithe, and she loves watching the silver screen flicker into life. But, for Daisy, the magic...
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Chivers Audio
Pub. Date
2001
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8 9 hrs., 45 mins
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Ruth Bentley feels life has dealt her more than her fair share of trials and tribulations. For the second time she has lost her home and possessions in a bomb attack, her husband is away, daughters evacuated and her mother killed and father injured.
10) Hopes and dreams
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It's 1942 and Dolly dreams of distant lands. As the war rages on, excitement comes in the form of American GIs posted in London. Although Dolly is engaged to Tony she can't help but fall in love with Joe, a dashing American GI.
11) Love and war
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Living in their two-up-two-down in Rotherhithe in 1938, Eileen and Ronald Wells lead a happy and settled existence with their three daughters, all of whom have jobs, boyfriends and promising lives ahead of them. But soon the storm clouds of war engulf Europe and they suddenly find their idyllic family life thrown into chaos. Throughout the country young people hasten to join up, and Eileen watches anxiously as her two older girls do the same, one...
12) Pride and joy
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2004
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Mary is worried about her brother Eddie. Although her stepfather denies his temper, she has seen bruises on her brother's body. She escapes her problems with best friend Liz's brother Billy, sure that he is the one for her. But the future holds surprises.
20) Wishes and tears
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Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged ed.
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When a naive encounter at a Coronation party leaves 16-year-old Janet Slater pregnant there's no question in her scandalised parents' minds of her keeping the baby. Bundled off to a home for unmarried mothers in South London, Janet is about to face the hardest moment of her sheltered life alone. Forced to give her tiny daughter up for adoption, Janet promises her that one day, come what may, she'll find her ... In the years that follow it seems, however...