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'Gloriously nostalgic and beautifully emotional.' The Sun “Gripped me from the first chapter!” Reader Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A sweeping tale of love and loss, perfect for fans of moving book club fiction Spring, 1994. Will, a talented busker, falls for Emily, a quirky art student. By 1997...

Alle Teile der mitreißenden Familiengeschichte in einem Hörbuch! TAGE VOLLER HOFFNUNG Süddeutschland, 1922: Die junge Näherin Claire verliebt sich in den adligen Helmut von Haynbach. Zunächst treffen sich die beiden nur heimlich, denn seit Langem steht fest, dass er Hilda von Bilgenstein heiraten soll. Doch ihre Gefühle werden immer stärker und Helmut beschließt, die Verlobung mit Hilda zu lösen. Gegen den Willen seiner Familie heiraten Claire und Helmut – und das junge Glück wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt: Die von Haynbachs verstoßen ihren Sohn und seine nicht standesgemäße Ehefrau.

London, 1918: the world is being torn apart by war, but for the girls of London’s Foyles bookshop, where there is friendship, there is hope… Perfect for fans of Rosie Clarke and Elaine Everest. Ellen Beckford and her sister Mary are living under their father’s shadow. Before their beloved...

New Horizons for the Woolworths Girls is the emotional and hopeful finale to the beloved Woolworths Girls series by bestselling author Elaine Everest. There are fresh challenges and new beginnings on the horizon for the girls at Woolworths . . . When the Bexleyheath branch of F. W. Woolworths is...

The Woolworth Girl’s Promise is the heart warming eighth novel in Elaine Everest’s bestselling Woolworths series that follows the turbulent life of a much-loved Woolworth girl. After losing her beloved fiancé at Ypres in 1917, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Billington faces a lonely future...

Kent, 1953. The Woolworths Erith store, a beloved cornerstone of the community, faces closure if the December turnover fails to increase. And, as if store manager Betty Billington doesn't have enough on her plate, personnel shortages and a troublesome new employee add to the strife. With...

Growing up without the care of a loving family made Anna Golding fiercely independent. So when war breaks out, determined to do her duty, she joins the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Her fellow trainees are like the sisters she never had. However, as they all talk of fond memories of home, Anna's heart breaks. Her past is too painful to share. Then she meets her friend's brother, Royal Air Force navigator Jimmy Armstrong, whose gentle care makes her feel safe for the first time in her life. Anna and Jimmy must snatch moments together as their duties pull them to opposite ends of the country.

It is 1942, and with the country still at war, the girls who work for Joe Lyons are praying for their loved ones to return home safely. Happily married, Rose is busy with staffing problems at the teashop with many women taking on war work. Rose dreams of her husband’s return while trying to...

Against the backdrop of impending war, experience the trials, triumphs and camaraderie behind the Woolworths counter, in Elaine Everest’s historical romance The Woolworths Girls. It's 1938 and as the threat of war hangs over the country, Sarah Caselton is preparing for her new job at...

Can the Woolworth girls achieve their dreams in time for their futures to begin? The Woolworths Saturday Girls is the seventh instalment in Elaine Everest's much-loved Woolworths series. 1950. The Second World War is over and life has moved on for the Woolworth girls, Sarah, Maisie and Freda. In...

July 1947. Britain is still gripped by rationing, even as the excitement of Princess Elizabeth’s engagement sweeps the nation. In the Woolworths’ canteen, Freda is still dreaming of meeting her own Prince Charming. So far she’s been unlucky in love. When she has an accident on her...

The Teashop Girls is a warm and moving tale of friendship and love in wartime, by the bestselling author of the Woolworths series, Elaine Everest. It is early 1940 and World War Two has already taken a hold on the country. Rose Neville works as a Lyon’s Teashop Nippy on the Kent coast...

An emotionally riveting tale of the bonds of family and the power of hope in the sultry Deep South

In 1969, the first footsteps on the moon brighten America with possibilities. But along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a category five storm is brewing, and the Blake sisters of Biloxi are restless for change. Beth "Sis" Blake has always been the caretaker, the dutiful one, with the weight of her family's happiness—and their secrets—on her shoulders. She dreams of taking off to pursue her own destiny, but not before doing whatever it takes to rescue her sister.

Emily Blake, an unwed mother trying to live down her past, wants the security of marriage for the sake of her five-year-old son, Andy. But secure is the last thing she feels with her new husband. Now she must put aside pride, and trust family to help her find the courage to escape.

With Hurricane Camille stirring up havoc, two sisters—each desperate to break free—begin a remarkable journey where they'll discover that in the wake of destruction lies new life, unshakable strength and the chance to begin again. Dreams are reborn and the unforgettable force of friendship is revealed in The Oleander Sisters, an extraordinary story of courage, love and sacrifice.

A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman's journey through the hardest trials of her life and how the love of friends and family pulls her through. From the bestselling author of The Woolworths Girls Elaine Everest, this book tells the tale of Ruby and how it all began . . . 1905: Ruby...

Christmas with the Teashop Girls is a heartwarming and moving story of wartime love, bravery and hope, by the bestselling author of the Woolworths series, Elaine Everest. It is late 1940 and the war feels closer to home than ever for Rose Neville and her staff at the Lyon’s Teashop in Margate...

London, 1914: one ordinary day, three girls arrive for work at London's renowned Foyles bookshop. But when war with Germany is declared their lives will never be the same again... Alice has always been the 'sensible' one in her family – especially in comparison with her suffrage-supporting...

Following on from her bestselling historical fiction The Woolworths Girls, Christmas at Woolworths is the heartfelt second book in Elaine Everest's Woolworths series, set during World War 2. Even though there was a war on, the Woolworths girls brought Christmas cheer to their customers. Best...

München, 1945: Claire kehrt kurz nach Kriegsende mit ihren beiden Töchtern Viktoria und Mabelle in die Villa Rabenfels zurück. Das Herrenhaus steht noch, doch die Näherei liegt in Schutt und Asche. Die Familie steht vor dem Nichts: Helmut ist im Krieg gefallen, Richard wird noch vermisst, und die einzige Einnahmequelle ist zerstört. Claire verfällt in eine tiefe Depression, und die ganze Verantwortung liegt nun auf Viktorias Schultern. Da erinnert sich Viktoria an ihr Talent, elegante, außergewöhnliche Kleider zu entwerfen.

Süddeutschland, 1922: Die junge Näherin Claire verliebt sich in den adligen Helmut von Haynbach. Zunächst treffen sich die beiden nur heimlich, denn seit Langem steht fest, dass er Hilda von Bilgenstein heiraten soll. Doch ihre Gefühle werden immer stärker und Helmut beschließt, die Verlobung mit Hilda zu lösen. Gegen den Willen seiner Familie heiraten Claire und Helmut - und das junge Glück wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt: Die von Haynbachs verstoßen ihren Sohn und seine nicht standesgemäße Ehefrau. Das junge Paar weiß nicht wohin und die Geburt des ersten Kindes rückt näher.

Mabelle von Haynbach ist aufgeregt: Ihr erster großer Auftritt als Mannequin in Paris steht bevor. Beflügelt von ihrem Erfolg, möchte sie auch ihr Privatleben neu ordnen. Sie will endlich ihre Großeltern kennenlernen und den wahren Grund für die tiefe Kluft zwischen den Familien ihrer Eltern erfahren. Auf Schloss Haynbach wird Mabelle zunächst freundlich aufgenommen. Doch als der sympathische Handwerker Claus ihr Herz erobert, droht erneut eine Liebe über Standesgrenzen hinweg für Zwist auf dem Schloss zu sorgen. Und dann wirft auch noch ein tragischer Unfall Schatten auf das junge Glück.