Product Description

The third novel in Annie Murray's "Birmingham" series. While Genie's father is away fighting in World War II, her mother has a ruinous affair which leaves her pregnant; Genie's little brother leaves, never to return; while Genie herself meets a man who then disappears to war.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58333 in Books
• Published on: 1998-07-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

From the Publisher
THE BITTERSWEET, ENTHRALLING TALE OF A WARTIME FAMILY
Genie Watkins, a Birmingham kid, dreams of having a proper happy family like her Italian friend Teresa. But it's August 1939. Under skies darkened by blackout she tries to hold her family together, and amid it all discovers love. . .

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable reading
A story of a family of women trying to cope and survive during the blitz in Birmingham,it made me thankful that I haven't had to face the hardships of families being split. Loved ones parted, husbands and children seperated. The story was a little bit of a tear jerker towards the end. A very good read, again like all of Annie Murray's books I could not put it down till I had finished reading it even though I had read it twice before. What I find with all the Author's book, she certainly must carry out a lot of research, her books are full of little snippits of information that take you back in time and reminds you of the things you forgot about when you were young, expecially as most of her books are all set in the area of Birmingham and the fact that I was born in the area.