Such a heartwarming read. Written with feeling, especially Teddy’s story.
Bobby is keeping occupied with her job at the Tyke while fiancée Charlie is away training with the RAF. Bobby is excited to meet up with Charlie when he is stationed nearby, this excitement is dampened when she realises that there is something bothering him. Can she use her prowess as a reporter to do something for all involved! Topsy Summer Walsh decides that she needs to do something for the evacuees in the village, she ropes her friends to each take a part in a pantomime. This is described so beautifully, causing laughter as you read.
I felt there was a fine mix of sad, happy and excitement. My favourite characters were Topsy, Jessie and Teddy. Least favourite has to be squadron leader Hunt.
I have so enjoyed this series and look forward to the authors next book.

Amazing storyline, loved the setting and the characters and as always Betty has come up trumps, once you start you can’t put it down

Bobby is back and couldn’t be happier with Charlie her dashing RAF pilot still in the Dales and working at the magazine her life is going brilliantly just as she’d hoped.
Christmas is coming and she’s helping to put on a pantomime for the evacuees. She meets some new friends through putting on the pantomime which she needs when Charlie is confined to barracks and is going to be joining the fighting.
Bobby and Charlie are hoping that they can weather the strain of being apart and the loneliness.
Great to catch up with the Silverdale crowd and meeting new friends .
Great series

I loved thus latest instalment in Bobby Bancroft's story. Now well into the war, she and her fellow villagers are doing their best to carry on, despite the men being called up, food on ration, and evacuee children to care for. Bobby's journalistic and investigative skills serve her well as she fights against simply writing a women's page and gets her teeth into something far more important. A pantomime adds some light relief as she worries about her fiance Charlie, seemingly growing more distant, and her friend Topsy who just might be about to marry the wrong man. Plenty of detail make wartime life in the Dales feel very real, whether it's trudging through snow, planning on killing a hen for Christmas dinner, or much more serious matters regarding facial difigurement, homosexuality, or anti Jewish bullying. A bit of a surprise ending that makes me look forward very much to the next book!

Firstly thank you Netgalley for this Arc

Another brilliant book on this series
Family Saga, time and Christmas what more could you ask for