The Woolworths girl's promise / Elaine Everest.
By: Everest, Elaine.
Publisher: Macmillan, 2023Description: 384 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781529078060 (hbk.) :; 1529078067 (hbk.) :; 9781529078077 (pbk).Subject(s): General | General Fiction | Kent | London, Greater London | Inter-war period c 1919 to c 1939 | Modern & contemporary fiction | Historical romance | Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- FictionSummary: After losing her beloved fiance at Ypres in 1917, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Billington faces a lonely future estranged from her upper-class parents due to her association with Charlie Sayers and his working-class family. No longer able to live under her parent's roof she is taken in by Charlie's father, escaping the suffocating demands of her parents. Betty soon learns all too well about the realities of life after an accident at the Woolwich Arsenal munitions works. Spotting an advertisement for a nearby job at Woolworths, Betty starts on a new and thrilling journey starting at the bottom of the employment ladder in the well-known store. Her work journey leads her to Ramsgate in Kent to work in a newly built store and with it the chance of marriage, but can she ever forget Charlie and the promise she made to him?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Moss Bank Library Novels | Available | 38055400021968 | ||||
| Adult book | Thatto Heath Library Novels | Available | 38055400021969 |
After losing her beloved fiance at Ypres in 1917, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Billington faces a lonely future estranged from her upper-class parents due to her association with Charlie Sayers and his working-class family. No longer able to live under her parent's roof she is taken in by Charlie's father, escaping the suffocating demands of her parents. Betty soon learns all too well about the realities of life after an accident at the Woolwich Arsenal munitions works. Spotting an advertisement for a nearby job at Woolworths, Betty starts on a new and thrilling journey starting at the bottom of the employment ladder in the well-known store. Her work journey leads her to Ramsgate in Kent to work in a newly built store and with it the chance of marriage, but can she ever forget Charlie and the promise she made to him?