Joanna Toye

War brings changes the friends could never foresee…‘Cheerful and uplifting… I enjoyed it immensely’ Katie Fforde ‘Highly recommended’ Anna JacobsIt’s 1942 and as shortages of staff – and goods – begin to bite, young Lily Collins is thrilled to step up to sales junior in her job at Marlow’s department store.But bombs are still falling and Lily and fellow shop girls Gladys and Beryl need a stiff upper lip to wave boyfriends, husbands and brothers goodbye, especially with a baby on the way and grim...

The third book in the gripping wartime drama series set around a town’s department storeIt’s Summer 1942, and Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls from Marlow’s department store are throwing a party. Beryl’s husband Les is coming home from the Desert War, and, despite grim reports on the wireless and rationing hitting hard, the girls are determined to keep smiling through.But Les is a changed man from his time in North Africa, and Gladys worries for her own fiancé’s safe return. Marlow’s is...