It’s winter 1942, and Sally still lives in Star House, Manchester.

At the salvage depot, Sally and Betty find a newborn baby that has been abandoned. They take the baby girl back to Star House and call the authorities. Due to the weather, the baby stays with them until the baby can be taken away.

Betty and her husband, Samuel, want to adopt the baby. All goes well until the baby’s grandparents wish to take the child on. Will Betty and Samuel’s wish to keep the baby come true?

With Sally’s health causing concern, Lorna takes over running the salvage depot. Sally has a lot on her plate, especially with her husband, Andrew, being away fighting for his country.

Lorna finds it hard coming back to Manchester without her husband, George, by her side, but she loves being back with her friends.

It was lovely to be back with all the great characters in this series. This has been a wonderful series, where I have come to know each character well & enjoyed reading how they have all coped with life during World War 2.

The books ooze with that great fighting spirit of the British, where they all carried on and did what needed to be done. Where everyone had to make do with what they had and came up with amazing ideas to make life simple and easy for themselves.

The stories have been well-written, and each book shows the amount of research that must have been done.

I shall miss this series and the characters.

I was given a copy of this book by the publisher.

Manchester, 1942: With war raging in the skies, can the Home Front girls still find the happiness they so deserve?
Very well written, with relatable characters and well-constructed dialogue resulting in a very disturbing — but also satisfying — storyline ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A rattling good tale.

Just lovely!
A Baby for the Home Front Girls is the fifth and final book in this series; and what a joy it has been to journey with these girls. They have felt like my own pals! I will miss them but I’m so glad the series has finished with much-deserved happy endings for each of them.

As with the other books in the series, A Baby for the Home Front Girls is meticulously researched and highly informative. I have learned so much about wartime work on the home front, particularly salvage. This story skilfully portrays the ways in which everything was in short supply during wartime and how it was essential to ‘make do and mend.’

The power of community is strongly conveyed across the story. Despite the war impacting so many aspects of their lives including relationships, work and domestic arrangements, every character strives to do their bit, to the best of their ability and with a willingness to always help others.

Evident throughout the entire story, is just how much Sally, Betty and Lorna uplift each other during the worries and struggles; and rejoice together during the happy and triumphant moments. Their friendship overflows with kindness, common sense and good humour. Something I found very relatable and perhaps reassuring, was that even in 1942 these women were feeling that ‘Mum-guilt’ - finding the right balance between work and motherhood.

I highly recommend A Baby for the Home Front Girls because genuine warmth and goodwill just spills from the pages, resulting in smiles and happy tears all round!

Thank you to Bookouture for an advance digital copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this last instalment in The Home Front Girls series, it’s been great to follow their lives through the series and this final book wrapped everything up nicely. WW2 is still going on and when the husbands are away fighting the home front girls work together and support each other to make war time a bit more bearable. This story is about friendship, family, love and courage. I liked that it was true to life in that the work described in the book actually took place during the war, such as the salvage depot. It gives a bit of insight into how life would have been. Really enjoyed this book, can’t wait to see if a new series is coming out! Highly recommended it was a fun read.

The most wonderful read so sad this is the final book in the series.So much love a baby everyday life up& downs the usual problems adjusting to everyday life.A wonderful read.#NetGalley #bookoutture

A baby for the home front girls, I’m gutted it’s the final book in this great series, such a feel good book, although there’s plenty of drama and suspense, the final book is filled with so much that you cannot put it down. I’ll miss catching up with the home front girls.

Read and reviewed in exchange for a free copy from NetGalley. I have enjoyed the Home Front Girls series throughout, and was disappointed to see this is the final one of this saga (especially as they're still only in 1942!). This was an enjoyable read throughout. I have enjoyed watching the three characters' stories develop throughout the series, and the plots are enriched by the engaging cast of supporting characters. It has been interesting to learn more about salvage during the war, something I had previously not much knowledge of, and Bavin depicts wartime Manchester vividly. I am looking forward to reading more by this author.

You know, when you just read a book that makes your heart absolutely burst?! But in the best way possible?! Yeah. That happened.

It was so bittersweet finishing this series with all the Star House girls and having seen them come so far since the first book, was just ugh, so so lovely and heartwarming to read.

It’s been so easy to grow close to these characters and picking up this book and getting back into the series again was no hardship at all. Putting it down was though… I think I finished it in just a few days because I never wanted to turn off my kindle!

I was filled with a heart of bubbling happiness after the last page and I already want to go back and start again from the first book. Such a wonderful series it has been!

I think I connected with the girls the most in this book between pregnancies and finding a abandoned baby. I enjoyed every moment and was wishing for the best possible outcomes. Through war and ups and downs the girls of Star house trudged through.

i almost didnt want to read this book as i didnt want this series to be ending! but i new it wouldnt last long. no way could i leave one of my favorite series to just sit there and not know what my fave group of friends were up to. i had to finish their stories. but boy i should have prepared myself for the emotions it would bring. and it did. but what a fitting end.
i think some of the endings were left to us to ponder. and even when the book wrapped up i was left wondering how each of our woman and couples might fair in their futures. i had truly come to care for these characters.
we get the usual ups and downs for the girls and a few twists still to come.
and once again you are left feeling hopeful and uplifted throughout. Susanne has a wonderful way of writing even surrounding events which cant have always been easy when writing about the war times. she always gets the right tone.
in this book we have the possibility of new life and this brings joy but could it also bring pain in the future for one of our girls who thinks her dream might have landed at their door?
we are left with worry for another of our girls as her ill health takes another turn and then the preganancy! shes got to take things easy, but will she listen, does Sally listen to these sorts of things. shes one determined gal.
but both Betty and Sally ache for a family. but the future isnt promised for either of them especially in the years they are in. and nor is the survival of their dreams and loved one some of whom are still away fighting.
can the girls keep it together. will other forces come to seperate them from their babies?
another heart tugging and heart melting read. one that also makes the heart feel such warmth.
ive loved every second of this series and it truly felt like we got stuck in and know the gang after five books with them all.
wonderful. i shall miss it.

This was everything that I was wanting from a fifth entry in the Home Front Girls series, it uses the overall feel that I was wanting from the previous entries. I enjoyed the historical element that I was wanting and enjoyed the overall concept that I was looking for. The characters felt like real people and worked in the time-period. I'm glad I was able to continue the story and had that historical element that I wanted. Susanna Bavin was able to weave a strong storyline and was glad I read this.

A very uplifting emotional historical WW2 saga. Book five.
Manchester 1942.
Home front girls salvage depot Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Betty and Sally find a very tiny abandoned newborn baby, and Betty and Samuel are allowed to care for her.
Sally's ill health takes a turn with a unexpected pregnancy, with her husband Andrew serving overseas she has to take things easy.
Both these girls yearn to have a family of their own.
Heartbreaking read as we are taking through adoption and childbirth of two long for babies.
It certainly pulled at all my heartstrings, this series just keeps getting better and better with all the welknown characters that you just love reading.
For Mrs Beaumont Star House and all the residents still on hand, the girls get through the war best they can.
Beautiful.

The girls in Starr House are dealing with the highs and lows in their everyday life. Each girl has to overcome their own personal news, good or bad. A book that totally immerses the reader and each page brings a new insight into the lives of the residents of Starr House. A truly remarkable book. A fitting end to a wonderful series.

A BABY FOR THE HOME FRONT GIRLS is the fifth novel in the Home Front Girls series by SUSANNA BAVIN, but it can easily stand alone. As is the case with each of these books, we get a real feel for the friendship and cameraderie amongst these courageous young women, who are doing all they can for the British war effort. The horrors of war and the chances of losing a loved one are very real, but these young women and their young men, some of whom have not been chosen for the army for various reasons, are the unsung heroes of WW11.
When Betty finds a foundling, a tiny baby girl, in the salvage depot yard, she and her husband are desperate to adopt her and give her a loving home……
I am not going to tell you any more for fear of spoiling thngs for you.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Bookouture. The opinions in this review are cmpletely my own.

This truly is a story about “family”, it doesn’t need to be the one you were born into!
Sally Henshaw is manager at Manchester Salvage Depot, working alongside friend BettyAtkinson, one night while they are carrying out their fire-watching duties Betty hears a noise she thinks could be a cat, what else could it be ? It certainly causes some drama in the depot and at Star House where the girls lodge with Mrs Beaumont, who is definitely the star of the house.
There are some broody feelings on the go this time, interesting to see who gets their wishes.
All good things come to them who wait.

I just loved it, and most definitely recommend it.

It was easy to pick up the story from previous instalments. Great characters, my favourite was Samuel who may not have been able to fight for his country, but he definitely has a backbone. Least favourite was Mrs Lockwood, again.
I really enjoyed Deborah’s story. Look forward to more by this author.

Firstly thank you Netgalley for this Arc

Can’t believe it’s the last in the series beautiful series family saga just brilliant

Can’t wait to see what is coming up next

This talented author has written a page turner. Historical fiction brought to life. Realistic characters…quickly moving story…I like this series…each book…this takes us to a time when life was less simple…we have the opportunity to read about brave women…life during that period. Do not miss these books. Thanks Netgalley.

This is a different genre than what I usually read. Betty and her friend Sally find an abandoned baby. Betty is heartbroken when the grandparents of the baby are found. These books are very emotional. It is set during World War 2. There are times when you will cry and times when you will rejoice. The ending left some unanswered questions.

Absolutely devastated to read that this was the last in the series. I feel there are so many unanswered questions and that the series could continue. I would have liked to have had some details of Andrew's time in Africa. How did Louise fair in her new role? Who else went to work at the Salvage yard? What did happen to the yard after the end of the war?

It is once again another great read with lots of twists and turns. I felt the picture on the front cover was misleading as it only showed one baby which kept me guessing whose it would be!

I will miss the characters and the great writing from Susanna.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publishers and author for allowing me to read and review an Arc copy of the title.