A Christmas Promise

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An emotional and heart-warming portrayal of the lives of four women living in wartime London.
For the girls living at No.13 Article Row, the war years have never been tougher
Tilly is heartbroken when Drew, the love of her life, returns to America and doesnt come back. Tilly cant believe that he would break their solemn promise to love each other for ever. Olive. Tillys mother, knows the real reason that he has never been in touch but fears the truth will hurt her daughter even more.
For Tillys friends, Agnes and Sally, the war has also dealt them a cruel hand and, along with the rest of the country, they have had their share of pain. But they say that it is always darkest just before the dawn, so could it be that this war, and the girls fortunes, are finally beginning to turn

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Praise for Annie Groves:

Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel! Take a Break

A stirring and heartrending family sagaAgainst a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story Liverpool Daily Post

Written from the heart My Weekly

An engrossing story My Weekly

Author Bio

Annie Groves was the creation of the much-loved writer, Penny Halsall, who died in 2011. Penny was born and lived in the north-west of England all of her life and the Annie Groves novels drew on her family's history, picked up from listening to her grandmother's stories as a child. Penny's legacy of heart-warming and uplifting novels lives on through writer Jenny Shaw who knew Penny personally for many years.