Digging for Victory at Rookery House

Name: Digging for Victory at Rookery House
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Rosie Hendry
ISBN: 9781399132015

Author: Rosie Hendry

Series: Rookery House #2

Narrator: Patience Tomlinson

Unabridged: 8 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Story Sound

Published: 10/06/2023

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

March, 1941. After Flo Butterworth loses everything in Manchester's Christmas Blitz, she decides to leave the area and join the Women's Land Army. Putting the past firmly behind her, she arrives at Rookery House in Norfolk hoping for a new start and a chance to do the gardening work she loves. The grip of war has intensified and growing more food is vital to keep the nation going. Thea buys an extra field to grow crops, and in the village, her sister Prue leads members of The Mother's Day Club and Women's Institute as they take on a derelict allotment. Meanwhile the construction of a nearby aerodrome disrupts village life and brings even more new residents to Rookery House, including Hettie's difficult sister, Ada. With Rookery House now bursting at the seams, will it still be the happy home it's always been?

Reviews

Goodreads review by StinaStaffymum

Can new friends help her face an uncertain future...? Oh, what an absolute joy it is to return to Rookery House and the village of Great Plumstead. I have spent just a day with them but it feels more like a lifetime of friendship and love, embraced in the warmth of Hettie's kitchen. Although this......more

Goodreads review by Julia

Digging For Victory At Rookery House by Rosie Hendry is a marvellous historical novel. It is part of the Rookery House series but can be read as a stand-alone. I recommend reading the previous books for maximum enjoyment. The action opens in December 1940 at the height of the Blitz in Manchester. We......more

Goodreads review by Pam

Despite the backdrop of wartime, this is an uplifting read which highlights what can be achieved when people work together. The women in the community take support from each other and you see how they try to provide for their families and friends through the different Home Front schemes, planting up......more

Goodreads review by Leanne

I loved travelling back to Rookery House and catching up with old friends and even making a couple more new ones. Flo has lost everything in the Manchester's Christmas Blitz so she decides to join the land army which leads her to Rookery House and with Hetties sister also moving in Rookery House is......more