The Teashop Girls at War: From the Bestselling Author of The Woolworths Girls

The third installment in Elaine Everest's Teashop Girls series.It is 1942, and with the country still at war, the girls who work for Joe Lyons are praying for their loved ones to return home safely.Happily married, Rose has her hands full with staffing problems at the Lyons teashop now that many women are taking on war work. The remaining girls all have their own worries to deal with as the war rages on.Katie has always wanted a large family, but is concerned that she is still not pregnant. But when young Jennie is invited to lodge at Doctor's Cottage now that Rose and Ben have their own home, Katie finds she needs all her mothering skills to keep the younger girl on the straight and narrow.Meanwhile, at Sea View guesthouse, life is never quiet. Joyce is courting a man from the Observer Corps, to the dismay of the other girls. Miss Tibbs is becoming even more frail, with a worrying prognosis. Flora, wary of a relationship and marriage, is fearful of letting her feelings for John Bentley develop further - especially as she has her guests to be mindful of.Anya's joy upon giving birth to a beautiful baby boy is cut short when she discovers that her husband been taken as a prisoner of war. With rescue a possibility, Anya agrees to go to London to work with the SOE, leaving her son in Flora's care.Can the Teashop Girls overcome their personal battles when the future is so uncertain? Read more