TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,Lynn TI - The Potteries girls on the home front T2 - Potteries girls SN - 9780750550062 PY - 2023/// CY - Leicester PB - Ulverscroft, Magna KW - Women household employees KW - Fiction KW - Female friendship KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Great Britain KW - Women KW - Staffordshire (England) KW - Domestic fiction KW - Large type books N1 - Adult N2 - Needing to find a job, Betty Dean is sent into service at Stowford House. The work is gruelling, and her dreams of making something of herself seem further out of reach. When Betty is forced to leave after a scandalous incident, she feels that her life is over until a new job on the trams throws her a lifeline. Meeting fellow tram girls Connie and Jean brings the joy of friendship, even if Betty struggles with having to keep secrets from her new pals. When soldier Duncan Kennedy enters Betty's life, it seems that she may finally find the love she's always wanted. But opening herself up to someone new isn't easy, and when he leaves for the front, she finds herself alone once again. As the Great War rumbles on, Betty's life in the Potteries is full of its battles UR - http://www.ulverscroft.com/images/thumbs/9780750550062.jpg ER -