The Evening Chorus
by Helen Humphreys |
The Lost Garden
by Helen Humphreys | 
Under An English Heaven
by Robert Radcliffe | 
War Brides
by Helen Bryan | 
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
by Jennifer Ryan | 
The Last Telegram
by Liz Trenow |
Crooked Heart
by Lissa Evans | 
22 Britannia Road
by Amanda Hodgkinson |
The Light Over London
by Julia Kelly | 
In Farleigh Field
by Rhys Bowen |
Enemy Brothers
by Constance Savery | 
No Less Than Victory
by Jeff Shaara |
Mrs Sinclair's Suitcase
by Louise Walters | 
The Rising Tide
by Jeff Shaara |
Dear Mrs Bird
by AJ Pearce | 
La's Orchestra Saves The World
by Alexander McCall Smith | 
The Ragged Edge of Night
by Olivia Hawker | 
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn | 
A Fire Sparkling
by Julianne MacLean | 
White Rose, Black Forest
by Eoin Dempsey |
Helen Humphreys draws on history to delve into the lives torn asunder by the German attack of November 14, 1940. Harriet, a widow from World War I, is atop Coventry Cathedral, part of the nightly watch, when first the factories and then the church itself are set on fire. In the ensuing chaos she bonds with a young man, very much like the husband she lost, who relies on her to find the way back to his home where he left his mother. On their journey through a hell of burning shops and collapsed homes, Harriet awakens to emotions she had long put aside. At home, the youth's mother awaits his arrival and rethinks the life that has brought her to this city and her life raising her son alone. Ultimately, together these two women must face a world as immeasurably changed as their own selves.