The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey.
Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them in their first year as district nurses in Londonโs East End. From babies born out of wedlock to battered wives, theyโve had plenty to keep them occupied.
As rationing takes hold and Hitlerโs bombers train their sights on London, there is no escaping the reality of being at war. Edith is trying to battle on bravely while bearing her own heartache but thereโs no escaping the new terror of the bombing raids. The girls find themselves caught up in the terrible aftermath, their nursing skills desperately needed by the shaken locals on their rounds.
With the men away fighting for King and country, itโs up to the nurses to keep up the Spirit of the Blitz, and everyone is counting on them...
Annie Groves was the creation of the much-loved writer, Penny Halsall, who died in 2011. Penny was born and lived in the north-west of England all of her life and the Annie Groves novels drew on her familyโs history, picked up from listening to her grandmotherโs stories as a child.
Pennyโs legacy of heart-warming and uplifting novels lives on through writer Jenny Shaw โ who knew Penny personally for many years.