Now The War Is Over by Annie Murray

Now The War Is Over by Annie Murray

Now the War is Over is a moving story of post-war hardship and the struggles of a reunited family, featuring characters from Annie Murray's bestselling War Babies. The Second World War has finally come to a close. Birmingham is welcoming home its menfolk, and a new chapter is beginning in Rachel Booker's life. Her husband has returned, and the family that struggled for survival throughout the uncertain war years is now together. But family life settles into a routine and Rachel, unsatisfied, starts to yearn for more. Melly, Rachel's eldest daughter, is a child of the war. She grew up in the bombed-out streets of Birmingham and has never known anything other than the hungry ration years and supporting her mother and younger brother Tommy. But times are changing and Melly now has a fresh future ahead of her. She's determined to make the most of life and her greatest wish is to become a nurse. As the gloom of the 1940s passes by and the promise of the 1950s dawns, a whole new world of opportunity opens up to Rachel and Melly - but with this come new challenges and tough choices. They will each have to decide whether their loyalties still lie with the family and friends they clung to throughout the war years or if it's time to move on ...

Annie Murray puts the heart into heart-warming Mature Times Annie Murray puts the heart into heart-warming Mature Times 'A tender romance with a warm heart, an authentic sense of time and place and a gritty streak of realism..guaranteed to delight Murray's ever-growing army of fans' Lancashire Evening Post This epic saga will have you gripped from start to finish Birmingham Evening Mail

Annie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John's College, Oxford. Her first Birmingham novel, Birmingham Rose, hit The Sunday Times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels, including War Babies and Girls in Tin Hats and the bestselling novels Chocolate Girls, Sisters of Gold and Black Country Orphan. Annie has four children, all Birmingham born and she lives near Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9781447286295
ISBN 10	1447286294
Title	Now The War Is Over
Author	Annie Murray
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2016-02-25
Number of pages	544
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