Heartwarming and nostalgic new Saga series from the author of Mother’s Day on Coronation Street. It’s 1939 and one ordinary street in Lancashire is getting ready for war, but who knows what else is going on behind the blacked-out windows? Sylvia Barker runs the haberdashery in the village of Millhead, her headstrong daughter Rose has no plans to waste her life on a lot of old needle and cotton. … of old needle and cotton. She’ll get a shock when a few family secrets come to light.
Violet Pegg has been writing to a Canadian pilot and is excited to learn he is going to be stationed nearby; with so many girls eager to make friends with the handsome young man, will Violet get a look in?
Vicky Parrot has known more heartache and tragedy than most 25 year old and she wouldn’t know where to look for happiness even if she tried, is the war about to change all that.
In a time when the country is pulling together, can the people of Millhead do their best for King and country?
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The heart knows
A wonderful story, I enjoyed every minute of it. This is one story that is uplifting and enjoyable to read.
There are several characters involved in a small town north of London. The girls working at the munitions factory, Rose and Penny. Claire who was sent to stay with her aunt Sylvia and her cousin Rose. Then there is the postmistress Vicky and her dad Arthur. Add the characters of Ruby a polio survivor, Dr. Buckley, and his daughter Julie and you have a good list of characters.
The story is about the people in this small British town, during the impending war and after the war has been declared. It tells of their everyday lives and how they live each day a normal life and how the news of war affects them.
There is the normal everyday life challenges, life, love and loss and even a hint of romance.
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the story and I recommend it as a delightful read.
Thanks to Maggie Sullivan, Harper Collins, One More Chapter, and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review a copy of this book.
The Postmistress by Maggie Sullivan is an excellent WWII era historical fiction novel that is the start of, what I expect, to be an amazing series: Our Street at War.
This book takes place 1939-early 1940 in a small village outside of Manchester in Northern England. This novel focuses on the life, times, and experiences of what the normal citizens of England (especially those in typical villages and townships) went through, felt, and thought during this unprecedented time. The author has a gift to be able to create a whole town of remarkable, memorable, and endearing characters. Everything was so fascinating, and at the same time so realistic and normal, that I literally felt as if I was walking among the cobbled streets on the main street visiting the shops and inhabitants myself. I love how she has the ability to make things so realistic and simple, yet complex and vibrant.
This book has it all: a great plot, excellently crafted characters, a few mysteries and suspenseful moments to draw the reader in, romance, and a wonderful ending (or should I say beginning for the next book).
I really loved taking a peak at the lives of so many wonderful characters: Vicky, Roger, Ruby, Claire, Sylvia, Rosie, Dr and Mrs Buckley, and I hope in future books we can learn more about Violet.
I love how we were able to learn of the backgrounds of some of the characters and then we were able to see developments and also change, growth, and adaptations as the book moved onward. I really love Vicky, Roger, and Claire. There is so much material that I can see this series easily continuing on through several avenues. I am definitely excited to see where the author will take this for future books and will most definitely purchase them.
I truly loved this uplifting book and I highly recommend it!
5/5 stars enthusiastically
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