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Secrets of the Lavender Girls

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781473698154

Price: £7.99

ON SALE: 6th August 2020

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Sagas

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‘A

twisty plot, warm-hearted characters, laughter, secrets and heartbreak – and bursting with fascinating detail’ – Annie Murray

Stratford, 1943.

World War Two is still raging across Europe. But for the Lavender Girls, the workers at the Yardley cosmetics factory in East London, there are even more challenges on the home front.

Esther, newly married, is learning to juggle life as a working woman with her duties as a wife and homemaker. And she must find a way to help her adopted family on the Shoot, who are battling their own hidden demons . . .

Headstrong Patsy, a new recruit at the Yardley factory, has a double life that takes her from the East End lipstick belt by day to the stage in the West End at night. But will she be able to keep her secrets hidden from her controlling mother, Queenie?

For bubbly Lou, a forbidden love forces her to choose between family loyalty and a chance at true happiness. Can she be brave enough to forge her own path in the chaos of a war?

One thing is certain: the Lavender Girls need one another more than ever if they are going to survive . . .

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Reviews

Praise for Kate Thompson:
A riveting and wonderful read
Mary Wood
The way Kate Thompson writes . . . made me feel that I was reading about old friends. I just had to keep the pages turning. I am sure that before long her readers will be clamouring for more
Pam Weaver
Marvellous, full of gutsy characters I immediately empathized with
Margaret Pemberton
The remarkable story of the women who ruled the East End through the Blitz. A lively authentic social history, the book centres around five formidable working-class women . . . a hair-raising, but always warmhearted tale
My Weekly
Kate Thompson writes books that make you laugh and make you cry, sometimes at the same time. You cannot put them down. I advise you to read them all!
Anita Dobson
Inspiring tales of courage in the face of hardship
Mail on Sunday
As warm, welcome and inviting as a cuppa on a cold day
Melanie McGrath
Praise for Secrets of the Lavender Girls:
Another of Kate's wonderful stories with a twisty plot, warm-hearted characters, with laughter, secrets and heartbreak - and bursting with fascinating detail. A really great read
Annie Murray
Kate Thompson has brought to life a remarkable story and in loving detail too . . . an absolute joy!
Glenda Young
A fabulous read that both entertains and educates! A wonderfully written, heart-felt novel . . . The historical research which has gone into this novel jumps off the pages. Perfect for lovers of saga or those wanting to step through a door to the past and become enmeshed in a fascinating part of our social history
Nancy Revell
A welcome return to the Yardley Factory . . . A strong story of friendship, love and family set amid WWII
My Weekly