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  • Polly’s War
    Freda Lightfoot
    Will she lose everything she’s worked so hard for? The Second World War may be over, but the war in Polly Pride’s home is only just beginning, and it will test her like never before. Her son, Benny, never seems to be far from trouble, spending all his time with shady characters and winding up in the wrong places at the wrong times. Her daughter, Lucy, is seeing another man behi...
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    14,28 €

  • For All Our Tomorrows
    Freda Lightfoot
    Can true love conquer all? Sisters Bette Tredinnick and Sara Marrack live quiet lives, content with the comings and goings of their small Cornish hometown. But when hundreds of US Marines arrive, everything changes. Bette, footloose and fancy free, embarks on a whirlwind romance and finds herself bound for America as a GI bride. Meanwhile, married woman Sara finds herself falli...
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    14,20 €

  • Polly’s Pride
    Freda Lightfoot
    She will keep her head held high, no matter what... Polly Pride’s life is falling apart. Her husband has lost his job, there’s no money coming in, and she has two young mouths to feed. With the prospect of poverty looming over her, and her husband wallowing in apathy, Polly takes control. She sells everything they own and buys a rickety old handcart. Polly piles it high with se...
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    14,44 €

  • Lonely Teardrops
    Freda Lightfoot
    Blood is thicker than water...It’s a rainy day on Champion Street as Harriet attends the funeral of her beloved father. But then her grandmother drops a bombshell on her out of nowhere and she can hardly take in the words for shock and grief.Joyce, the woman she has always called Mam, isn’t really her mother. After all this time, it at least explains why Joyce always favoured H...
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    14,19 €

  • Candy Kisses
    Freda Lightfoot
    Chocolate can also be bitter...It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone dotes onAunty Dot, as much as they do on her homemade sweets. The plump, smiling woman has provided a loving home for many a troubled child over the years, and Lizzie Pringle is no exception.Lizzie would do anything for her foster mother - even take on local sweet manufacturer and notorious bull...
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    14,15 €

  • That’ll be the Day
    Freda Lightfoot
    Flowers spill everyone’s secrets...Working on their busy flower stall in Champion Street Market, Lynda and her mother, Betty, have lots of opportunities to observe their customers and speculate about their lives.Sam regularly buys bouquets for his wife, Judy, so why does she always look so worn out and miserable? Then there’s Leo, who comes every week for flowers for his mother...
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    13,38 €

  • Putting on the Style
    Freda Lightfoot
    Bargains galore and life in the raw...Folk are just emerging from the shadow of WWII and money is still tight. So the vibrant market of Champion Street is a source of many a tempting bargain - as well as all the local gossip.Dena loves her Saturday job at Belle Garside’s market café, and her ready smile makes her a universal favourite. She is soon in thrall to Belle’s two good-...
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    14,22 €

  • Gracie’s Sin
    Freda Lightfoot
    War puts their friendship to the test, but can they unite against their true enemy?It’s 1942 and Gracie is eager to do her bit for the war effort. She joins the Women’s Timber Corps, relieved to get away from her quarrelling, interfering parents. Her training leads her to Cornwall where she meets energetic newly-married Lou, and Rosie who is desperate to escape her bully of a b...
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    14,39 €

  • The Bobbin Girls
    Freda Lightfoot
    She must decide if her childhood sweetheart is worth the struggle...Alena Townsen is in love with Rob and wants to spend the rest of her life with him. But he is the only son of James Hollinthwaite, a wealthy landowner who has his own ideas about Rob’s future, and he forces the two to part. With no other option, Rob and Alena run away together and plan to start a new life.Their...
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    14,23 €

  • The Favourite Child
    Freda Lightfoot
    Where there’s daring, there’s danger...Isabella Ashton has always been her father’s favourite, but when she gets involved with the new Birth Control Movement, he is scandalised. A decade has elapsed since the end of the Great War and running a family planning clinic in Salford is challenging but rewarding work.Bella is grateful for the help of Violet Howarth, a generous-hearted...
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    14,24 €

  • Ruby McBride
    Freda Lightfoot
    Where there’s a rulebook, there’s a rebel...Ruby McBride has always been on the wrong side of authority. The grand opening of the Manchester Ship Canal is set to be a day of unfettered festivity for Ruby and her younger sister and brother. Even Queen Victoria will be in attendance.But the glories of the ceremony fade into insignificance when their dying mother delivers them to ...
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    14,19 €

  • Dancing on Deansgate
    Freda Lightfoot
    Where there’s community, there’s courage...Jess Delaney has always longed for independence. But when the Blitz reaches Manchester, she is locked in the cellar by her feckless mother, Lizzie. As bombs rain down from a sky turned blood red with flame, Jess waits for Lizzie to return.But fortunes are fickle, and soon Jess finds herself packed off to live with her tyrant Uncle Bern...
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    14,14 €