The schoolmistress / Maggie Sullivan.
By: Sullivan, Maggie.
Series: Sullivan, Maggie Our street at war: 2.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2022Description: 288 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750549370.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Lancashire -- Fiction | Lancashire (England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Lancashire, 1940. War casts lengthening shadows over the small market town of Greenhill. The old cotton mill has reopened as a munitions factory, food shortages are beginning to bite, and young people are being called up to the forces while their elders volunteer for the Civil Defence Service. Violet Pegg loves her career as a schoolteacher, but still yearns for something more. She carries a torch for Daniel Gabinsky, her Canadian pen friend, with whom she has been corresponding for years - even though they have never met, she secretly hopes to marry him one day. Then a letter from Daniel changes everything. Not only is he coming to England as part of the Royal Canadian Air Force, but is being posted to the airbase close to Greenhill. Will their first meeting be as romantic as Vicky hopes - or has she only been chasing a dream all this time?Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Available | 38055013159082 |
Lancashire, 1940. War casts lengthening shadows over the small market town of Greenhill. The old cotton mill has reopened as a munitions factory, food shortages are beginning to bite, and young people are being called up to the forces while their elders volunteer for the Civil Defence Service. Violet Pegg loves her career as a schoolteacher, but still yearns for something more. She carries a torch for Daniel Gabinsky, her Canadian pen friend, with whom she has been corresponding for years - even though they have never met, she secretly hopes to marry him one day. Then a letter from Daniel changes everything. Not only is he coming to England as part of the Royal Canadian Air Force, but is being posted to the airbase close to Greenhill. Will their first meeting be as romantic as Vicky hopes - or has she only been chasing a dream all this time?
Adult.