Wives at war

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As Glasgow waits for enemy bombers to reach Clydeside and the Germán invasion to begin, Lizzie Conway's daughters throw themselves wholeheartedly into the war effort and eagerly accept their roles as working wives in Jessica Stirling's enthralling new növel set in the darkest days of the second world war.
With her husband in the army, mother-of-four Babs sends three of her darlings to the country and goes back to work long hours in an office. Her comfortable routine is disrupted, however, when a charming American news photographer insinuates himself into her life, an American who may not be all that he seems and whose intentions may be a good deal less than honourable.
Rosie's job as a skilled factory worker is marred by the taunts of her cruel and snobbish co-workers. Eager to start a family but fearfiil that she might pass her deafness to her children, she blames her ambitious policeman husband for her desperate unhappiness and risks not only her marriage but her future... Tovább

Fülszöveg

As Glasgow waits for enemy bombers to reach Clydeside and the Germán invasion to begin, Lizzie Conway's daughters throw themselves wholeheartedly into the war effort and eagerly accept their roles as working wives in Jessica Stirling's enthralling new növel set in the darkest days of the second world war.
With her husband in the army, mother-of-four Babs sends three of her darlings to the country and goes back to work long hours in an office. Her comfortable routine is disrupted, however, when a charming American news photographer insinuates himself into her life, an American who may not be all that he seems and whose intentions may be a good deal less than honourable.
Rosie's job as a skilled factory worker is marred by the taunts of her cruel and snobbish co-workers. Eager to start a family but fearfiil that she might pass her deafness to her children, she blames her ambitious policeman husband for her desperate unhappiness and risks not only her marriage but her future because of it.
Wealthy and self-assured, Polly continues to manage her husband's shady empire, conducts a loveless affair with lawyer Fin Hughes and tries to forget that her children have been stolen from her and now live with their father in New York. But Dominic explodes back into her life with a plot that involves the Italian resistance, the OSS and spiriting a fortune out of Scotland. Polly is forced to choose between loyalty and betrayal and to face up to what truly matters when the bombs begin to fali and tragedy overtakes the Conway girls. Vissza