A daughter's war / Emma Hornby.
By: Hornby, Emma.
Series: Hornby, Emma, Worktown girls at war: 2.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2022Description: 300 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750549622.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Dysfunctional families -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: For Renee Rushmore, the arrival of war brings some much-needed freedom. Her father rules the house with an iron fist and, lately, his attentions towards her have turned more sinister. Desperate to escape him, and with men leaving for battle in their droves, she finds work on an understaffed farm, where she meets kindly lad Jimmy. She soon finds that her feelings for Jimmy go beyond friendship, but when he is called up to war, and she's thrown off the farm due to a misunderstanding, Renee is forced to return home. Jimmy's safe return is her only hope of a happy future, but the end of the war is a long way off, and her father is getting worse. Will she be able to survive the bombs, the separation from Jimmy and her father's cruelty?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Issued | 29/04/2024 | 38055013158589 | |||
| Adult book | St Helens Library Large Print | Available | 38055013158597 |
For Renee Rushmore, the arrival of war brings some much-needed freedom. Her father rules the house with an iron fist and, lately, his attentions towards her have turned more sinister. Desperate to escape him, and with men leaving for battle in their droves, she finds work on an understaffed farm, where she meets kindly lad Jimmy. She soon finds that her feelings for Jimmy go beyond friendship, but when he is called up to war, and she's thrown off the farm due to a misunderstanding, Renee is forced to return home. Jimmy's safe return is her only hope of a happy future, but the end of the war is a long way off, and her father is getting worse. Will she be able to survive the bombs, the separation from Jimmy and her father's cruelty?
Adult.