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The rose queen / Katie Flynn.
By: Flynn, Katie [author].
Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2022Edition: Large print edition.Description: 378 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750549608.Subject(s): Young women -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Liverpool (England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: 1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled, but deep down she is desperate to leave the Welsh mining community where she grew up. When war is declared, Cadi and her best friend Poppy see a chance to escape. Cadi leaves behind her parents and local boy Aled, whom she is meant to marry, for Liverpool. But city life doesn't bring the opportunities they'd hoped for. They secure jobs in a local pub, and Cadi's blossoming relationship with a handsome dock worker deepens after he rescues her from a terrifying encounter. But when Aled unexpectedly appears Cadi finds her worlds colliding again. Now the Rose Queen must decide: who will become her King?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Available | 38055013156146 |
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1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled, but deep down she is desperate to leave the Welsh mining community where she grew up. When war is declared, Cadi and her best friend Poppy see a chance to escape. Cadi leaves behind her parents and local boy Aled, whom she is meant to marry, for Liverpool. But city life doesn't bring the opportunities they'd hoped for. They secure jobs in a local pub, and Cadi's blossoming relationship with a handsome dock worker deepens after he rescues her from a terrifying encounter. But when Aled unexpectedly appears Cadi finds her worlds colliding again. Now the Rose Queen must decide: who will become her King?
Adult.