When war has blighted the present. Can they hold on to hope for the future?

Paisley, Scotland, 1941

The residents of Glen Street Tenement find their lives increasingly entwined as war reshapes their world.

Julia and Frank McCosh juggle work, Home Guard duties and evening band rehearsals, while their daughter Chloe nurses an unreturned crush on neighbour Dennis Megson. Dennis, training as an engineer and serving with the fire brigade, lives with his mother Nan, a night-shift nurse.

Ellen Borland works at the Anchor Thread Mill while caring for her injured husband, Donnie. Though rumours swirl of her black-market dealings, neighbours rely on her support.

Newlywed Cecelia Goudie, left behind when her husband Fergus joins the army, reluctantly becomes a bus conductress, gradually gaining confidence and independence.

Meanwhile, Lena Fulton, pregnant and isolated, feels relief when her domineering husband leaves for war. After a devastating loss, she withdraws, forming a bond with Dennis that sparks gossip.

As the war drags on, old secrets surface—and one resident’s actions threaten them all.

Storytelling at its best, Evelyn Hood is the original bestselling Scottish saga writer 💫

Previously published in paperback as Looking After Your Own

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