The girls are growing closer as friends, not just coworkers at the East End Library during WWII London blitz. Cordelia, Mavis, and Jane are taking on new activities at the library like a quilting group, reading to the children, even opening the library basement as a shelter.
Times are getting hard with unexpected bombings. Cordelia’s parents are forced to open their home for the injured to recover; Mavis is working on adopting little girl who’s mother was killed in a raid; and Jane’s very mean and bitter mother passes away. Jane’s daughter is staying in the country and her husband has been injured so he’s home with what is now called PTSD.
I absolutely love Cordelia. Not only is she pretty posh, but she’s all about standing up for herself and making sure no one messes with those she cares about. She loves fiercely and won’t back down from a goal she has.
Stories like this helps me to get a glimpse of what life might have been like in London during the raids. To understand a little better what people during that time experienced. Times were hard back then. Ratings, the constant bombing, hearing the German planes roaring above their homes, buildings collapsing, children being sent to the country, and so much more. It helps me to appreciate what we have here and now.
This book deserves 5 out of 5 tiaras because it contains compassion and hope. Special to Boldwood Booksand NetGalley for access to this work.