Lovely story, beautifully written. Adult and child perspectives of wartime Britain. Loved it.

i was so pleased to be able to read this review copy. in this book We are taken back to London in the early 1940’s, starting in 1942. World War Two is in full flow and the community is dealing with the war in their own way. The book concentrating mainly on nurse Molly, aspiring actress Jen, and Jen’s frugal mother Joyce.
Nurse Molly works in the sepsis ward at Wilhelmina Hospital. She hates her job, and wants to get away from living a daily life of caring for patients she knows will die in the end from their wounds. Jen dreams of being an actress. She only thinks of herself. The two women don’t get on at all , However the girls have to learn to get along, as their lives may just depend on it.
It is a lovely novel,filled with excitement, humour and romance.