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Bessie's war

Evans, Pamela2020
Books
It is autumn 1940 and, as the bombs rain down on London, a close-knit community struggles to survive. Working at the local post office, Bessie Green does her best to keep her customers' spirits up, but when she receives a telegram addressed to her parents, there's nothing she can do to prevent th...
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List view record 2: A brighter day tomorrowList view anchor tag for record 2: A brighter day tomorrow
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A brighter day tomorrow

Evans, Pamela2018
Books
Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London, sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and laughter at the local ice-rink. Then a handsome American serviceman catches their attention, and so begins heartache between the sisters. Dora is increasingly jealous of her sister's blossoming roma...
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Dance your troubles away

Evans, Pamela2017
Books
When Polly Pritchard learns that her husband has been killed in action, she brings up their young daughter Emmie alone. To make ends meet she gets a job at the Cherry Ballroom in West London and it is here that she meets James, a Canadian airman, and they fall in love. But then Polly's husband tu...
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When the lights go down

Evans, Pamela2016
Books
It is 1938 and the threat of war looms on the streets of London. But, when the lights go down in the cinema aisles, usherette Daisy Blake is transported to a world of glamour and romance. Among the staff there is much merriment and Daisy soon falls in love with the handsome organist, Al Dawson. T...
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When the lights go down

Evans, Pamela2016
Books
It is 1938 and the threat of war looms on the streets of London. But, when the lights go down in the cinema aisles, usherette Daisy Blake is transported to a world of glamour and romance. Among the staff there is much merriment and Daisy soon falls in love with the handsome organist, Al Dawson. T...
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The apple of her eye

Evans, Pamela2015
Books
It is February 1945 and April Green wonders if the war will ever end. Then the local pub takes a direct hit and April's father is killed in the blast. Life without him is hard and April and her brother do all they can to help, particularly when their mother announces she is pregnant. Volunteering...
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On Her Own Two Feet

Evans, Pamela2014
Audiobooks
Bringing the keep fit movement vividly to life in 1940s' London, Pam Evans' family saga will inspire and enthral anyone who has ever dared to dream of a better life. In the middle of a party to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935, Mollie Fisher's good-for-nothing husband walks...
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On her own two feet

Evans, Pamela2014
Books
Bringing the keep fit movement vividly to life in 1940s' London, Pam Evans' family saga will inspire and enthral anyone who has ever dared to dream of a better life. In the middle of a party to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935, Mollie Fisher's good-for-nothing husband walks...
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A Distant Dream

Evans, Pamela2013
Audiobooks
West London, 1936. Looking forward to a more prosperous future after the Depression, 15-year-old May Stubbs and her family take on a derelict cricket pavilion, convert it into a café and general store, and find it quickly becomes the hub of the community. Then May contracts tuberculosis. Leaving...
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A distant dream

Evans, Pamela2013
Books
West London, 1936. Looking forward to a more prosperous future after the Depression, 15-year-old May Stubbs and her family take on a derelict cricket pavilion, convert it into a café and general store, and find it quickly becomes the hub of the community. Then May contracts tuberculosis. Leaving...
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Whispers in the Town

Evans, Pamela2013
Large Print
For West London girls Sal and Ann Storey, 1957 should have been one of the happiest years of their lives. Instead, the sisters' world is turned upside down when two family tragedies strike in quick succession.
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The other side of happiness

Evans, Pamela2012
Large Print
For typist Sadie Bell, the 1960s promise a decade of mini-skirts, pop music and endless possibilities. Young and carefree, she lives happily with her parents and older brothers in Hammersmith. When Sadie meets Paul Winston at a Cliff Richard concert, it marks the beginning of a new chapter in her...
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Harvest Nights

Evans, Pamela2011
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It's 1920, and ex-land girl Clara Tripp is back home in West London with her family. Despite her engagement to local boy Arnold, Clara is feeling trapped in her dead end job and longs to return to the countryside. An unexpected meeting with old flame Charlie Fenner leads to a temporary job at his...
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The other side of happiness

Evans, Pamela2011
Books
For typist Sadie Bell, the 1960s promise a decade of mini-skirts, pop music and endless possibilities. Young and carefree, she lives happily with her parents and older brothers in Hammersmith. When Sadie meets Paul Winston at a Cliff Richard concert, it marks the beginning of a new chapter in her...
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Harvest nights

Evans, Pamela2010
Books
It's 1920, and ex-land girl Clara Tripp is back home in West London with her family. Despite her engagement to local boy Arnold, Clara is feeling trapped in her dead end job and longs to return to the countryside. An unexpected meeting with old flame Charlie Fenner leads to a temporary job at his...
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The Tideway girls

Evans, Pamela2010
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It's 1912, and sisters Bessie and May live a happy but frugal life in the busy maritime village of Tideway in Essex. But trouble divides the family when May falls pregnant, and she is sent away to London. Once in London, heartbroken May refuses to have an abortion and stays on in the city to brin...
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Under an amber sky

Evans, Pamela2009
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For the Porters and the Mills, family and friendship are the glue that binds everything together. So when the Porters' home is destroyed in the Blitz and only 17 year-old Nell and her little sister Pansy survive, all their lives are shattered. Peg Mills is determined to look after her best friend...
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The Tideway girls

Evans, Pamela2009
Books
It's 1912, & close sisters Bessie & May live a happy but frugal life in the busy maritime village of Tideway in Essex. But trouble divides the family when May falls pregnant, & she is sent away to London. Once in London, heartbroken May refuses to have an abortion & stays on in the city to bring ...
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When the boys come home

Evans, Pamela2008
Large Print
As German bombs wreak havoc on West London, residents have little choice but to carry on with their daily lives. But when Megan Stubbs' father Dai is killed in an air raid, she vows to continue his legacy by doing his milk round by horse and cart.
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