Showing results for "Lark" in 20th Century

Liverpool, 1955. With her abusive husband drinking all her wages, Alice faces a daily struggle to provide for her family. Her eldest daughter, Cathy, has always longed to be a nurse, but when poverty means she’s forced to leave school and get a job it looks like her dreams are over. But Cathy isn’t willing to give up, and with the support of old friend - and new love - Gianni, she manages to secure a place as a cadet nurse. Now, though, her mam must stand up to her violent husband alone - and with less money coming in, Alice will be in danger of losing everything.

Liverpool, 1945. As the war draws to a close, Alice and Terry Lomax are building a new life with their young daughter Cathy. After years away fighting, Terry is a stranger to his daughter and must work hard to win her trust and love. Alice and old friend Sadie work in the haberdashery of Lewis’s department store, where bomb damage scars the walls and rationing is still in force. Though memories of those lost in the war are fresh, Alice and Sadie look forward to the future.

1940, Liverpool: Alice Turner and her best friend, Millie Markham, work for the war effort at Rootes munitions factory, making shell caps and Halifax bombers. Alice’s sweetheart, Terry, is home from the front for a brief period of leave. But the honeymoon is soon over. Terry must go back to the dangers of Nazi-occupied France, and the ever-present air raid sirens quickly bring Alice back down to earth.

Catherine wrestles with self-pity after a machine-shop accident. With her fiancé and brothers on the front lines in France, she must find a new way to fight on the home front. At her side are her steadfast GWR friends, among them Maggie, facing the loss of her father and family home, and Lily, desperate for news of her childhood sweetheart. All are determined to keep morale high and do their bit to win the war.

When war is declared, Lily sees an opportunity to escape her domineering father: she will join the Great Western Railway factory to win her financial independence and move out of home. Maggie doesn’t want to simply follow in her sisters’ footsteps and work in the laundries at the GWR. So, when the chance comes to volunteer for men’s work in the machine shop, she’s the first to raise her hand. Catherine, a clerk in the GWR office, has been helping with London’s evacuation efforts, organising trains to move children out of the city.

In den Wirren der 1940er Jahre verschlägt es die junge Jasna mit ihrer Schwester Luzyna nach Persien. Als sie Aufnahme in Neuseeland erhalten sollen, keimt Hoffnung in Jasna auf. Doch nur eine der jungen Frauen wird für die Verschickung ausgewählt. Zur gleichen Zeit bricht James McKenzie aus Neuseeland auf. Gegen den Willen seiner Eltern will der wagemutige Flieger in Europa für die Ideale der Freiheit kämpfen. Das Schicksal führt James' und Jasnas Wege zusammen.Doch gibt es für sie eine gemeinsame Zukunft? Ein Juwel von Spiegel-Bestsellerautorin Sarah Lark.

In den Wirren der 1940er Jahre verschlägt es die junge Jasna mit ihrer Schwester Luzyna nach Persien. Als sie Aufnahme in Neuseeland erhalten sollen, keimt Hoffnung in Jasna auf. Doch nur eine der jungen Frauen wird für die Verschickung ausgewählt. Zur gleichen Zeit bricht James McKenzie aus Neuseeland auf. Gegen den Willen seiner Eltern will der wagemutige Flieger in Europa für die Ideale der Freiheit kämpfen. Das Schicksal führt James' und Jasnas Wege zusammen. Doch gibt es für sie eine gemeinsame Zukunft?

In the chaos of World War II, Polish teenagers Helena and Luzyna Grabowski have lost everything. Without parents or a home, they are shipped to a refugee camp in Persia, where the days ahead hold only darkness. When they hear that orphans are being selected for relocation to New Zealand, Helena is filled with hope - until the officials say they have a place only for her younger sister. On the morning she is to be transported, Luzyna fails to join the chosen group, and Helena takes her place.