Elaine Everest
Auteur van The Woolworths Girls
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- Werken
- 17
- Leden
- 148
- Populariteit
- #140,180
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 19
- ISBNs
- 108
We meet up again with Rose, Lily and Katie. They all work for Lyons Teashops, either in management roles or as 'Nippies', the name given to the Lyons waitresses. It's 1942, the war shows no signs of coming to an end and the girls are more used than ever to heading for the Ramsgate tunnels, where so much time was spent during air raids. It was lovely to catch up with the three women again, along with Flora, Rose's mother and landlady of the Sea View Guesthouse. If Ruby is the matriarch of the Woolworths books then Flora fulfils that role in the Teashop books and I loved how she was the person that everybody turned to, whether it was with good news or bad. Mildred and Miss Tibbs, longstanding residents of the guesthouse are back too and Mildred in particular has quite an unexpected role to play in events.
There's an exciting storyline involving Anya, a young Polish woman. I was so exasperated with her at times but I tried to tell myself that although we now have so much knowledge of the war looking back, it must have been so different to live through it on a day to day basis. There are ups and downs for all the characters in one way or another, but they always pull together and solve problems as a friendship group which is so enjoyable to read. There's so much solidarity and camaraderie in this story! I'm guessing there might be more books in this series in the pipeline. I do hope so as I'd love to follow the characters through to the end of the war years. This latest instalment was a joy to read.… (meer)