Secrets of the Singer Girls (Aziza's Secret Fairy Door, 113) - Softcover

Thompson, Kate

 
9781447280866: Secrets of the Singer Girls (Aziza's Secret Fairy Door, 113)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1447280865 ISBN 13: 9781447280866
Verlag: Pan, 2015

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Secrets of the Singer Girls is Kate Thompson's heartwarming and moving novel about the brave, hardworking women who kept the homefires burning in the East End of London during World War Two.

1942. Sixteen-year-old Poppy Percival turns up at the gates of Trout's clothing factory in Bethnal Green with no idea what her new life might have in store. There to start work as a seamstress and struggling to get to grips with the noise, dirt and devastation of East London, Poppy can't help but miss the quiet countryside of home. But Poppy harbours a dark secret – one that wrenched her away from all she knew and from which she is still suffering . . .

And Poppy's not the only one with a secret. Each of her new friends at the factory is hiding something painful. Vera Shadwell, the forelady, has had a hard life with scars both visible and concealed; her sister Daisy has romantic notions that could get her in trouble; and Sal Fowler, a hardworking mother who worries about her two evacuated boys for good reason. Bound by ties of friendship, loyalty and family, the devastating events of the war will throw each of their lives into turmoil but also bring these women closer to each other than they could ever have imagined.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kate Thompson is a journalist with twenty years' experience as a writer for the broadsheets and women's weekly magazines. She is now freelance, and as well as writing for newspapers, she's a seasoned ghostwriter. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Secrets of the Singer Girls, Secrets of the Sewing Bee and The Wedding Girls.

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1942. Sixteen-year-old Poppy Percival arrives at the gates of Trout's clothing factory in Bethnal Green, ready to begin a new life as an East End seamstress. Forced to leave her quiet countryside home, and banished to a war-ravaged London, Poppy harbours a dark secret - one that tore her away from all she knew.

By day, the East End women of Trout's play their part in the war effort, stitching bandages and repairing uniforms for troops on the front line. But Poppy's new friends at the factory are hiding some painful truths. Vera, the salt of the earth forelady, has had a hard life, with scars both visible and concealed. Vera's glamorous younger sister Daisy has romantic notions that could get her in trouble; while Sal, a hardworking mother, worries about the safety of her two evacuated boys for good reason . . .

As the war throws their lives into turmoil, it will also bring the Singer Girls closer than they could ever have imagined.

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Verlag
Pan
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1447280865
ISBN 13 
9781447280866
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
400
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