A Wartime Welcome at Rookery House Paperback Book 9781914443176

Follow the much-loved characters from the award winning MOTHER'S DAY CLUB in a brand-new World War Two saga series.October 1940When VAD nurse Evie narrowly escapes being killed in an air raid during the London Blitz, it propels her to make a life-changing decision to break free of her troubled and unhappy life. She escapes to the Norfolk countryside to start afresh, with a job at the newly opened Great Plumstead Hall hospital, and a wonderful new home at Rookery House.The community of Great Plumstead welcomes more evacuees to the village - mothers and children bombed out of their London homes. Sisters Prue and Thea, along with members of The Mother's Day Club, help the new arrivals settle in, while continuing their work for the war effort by holding knitting bees, socials and doing WVS work.Evie is happy in her new life - she loves living at Rookery House and enjoys her job at the hospital, despite working for the difficult Matron Reed. But when a patient arrives who knew her in her former life, Evie's new-found freedom and happiness is in danger. Will the secrets of Evie's past be revealed, and the problems from her old life return to trouble her once more?Book 1 in the brand...

Genre: Media > Books > Print Books > Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Year of Publication: 2022 Classification: Media > Books > Print Books > Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Publisher: Rookery House Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Package Dimension Length: 12.8 cm Package Dimension Width: 19.8 cm Package Dimension Height: 2.2 cm ISBN: 9781914443176