Girls of the Great War, Freda Lightfoot
Girls of the Great War, Freda Lightfoot
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Girls of the Great War

Author: Freda Lightfoot

Narrator: Anne Flosnik

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/22/2018

Synopsis

She wanted a new life. Now she’s risking it to save others.Cecily Hanson longs to live life on her own terms—to leave the shadow of her overbearing mother and marry her childhood sweetheart once he returns from the Great War. But when her fiancé is lost at sea, this future is shattered. Looking for meaning again, she decides to perform for the troops in France.Life on the front line is both rewarding and terrifying, and Cecily soon finds herself more involved—and more in danger—than she ever thought possible. And her family has followed her to France. Her sister, Merryn, has fallen for a young drummer whose charm hides a dark side, while their mother, Queenie—a faded star of the stage tormented by her own secret heartache—seems set on a path of self-destruction.As the war draws to a close and their hopes turn once again to the future, Cecily and Merryn are more determined than ever to unravel the truth about their mother’s past: what has she been hiding from them—and why?

About Freda Lightfoot

Sunday Times bestselling author Freda Lightfoot hails from Oswaldtwistle, a small mill town in Lancashire. Her mother comes from generations of weavers, and her father was a shoe repairer; she still remembers the first pair of clogs he made for her.After several years of teaching, Freda opened a bookshop in Kendal, Cumbria. And while living in the rural Lakeland Fells, rearing sheep and hens and making jam, Freda turned to writing. She wrote over fifty articles and short stories for magazines such as My Weekly and Woman’s Realm, before finding her vocation as a novelist. She has since written over forty-five novels, mostly historical fiction and family sagas. She now lives in Spain with her own olive grove, and divides her time between sunny winters and the summer rains of Britain.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Denisse

Voy a la biblioteca y veo este libro que me llamó muchísimo la atención por la portada y porque se desarrolla en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Cecily es una chica decidida que vive junto a su madre y su hermana. Le gusta el canto pero teme incursionarse en sus sueños por no desilusionar a su madre. Su......more

Goodreads review by Ligaro

Es un libro interesante de leer y que recomiendo a aquellos que les guste la novela histórica, primera guerra mundial... Aunque es cierto que el primer 90% por cierto es estable, sin muchos sobresaltos y el último 10% es telenovélico y pasa todo muy deprisa. Espero leer más historia de esta escritora......more

Goodreads review by Love Africa

Although I've seen documentaries and movies about World War I, it is a period that I haven't read much in fiction. So it was with great anticipation that I picked this book up. The story follows Cecily who is eager to escape her mother's bossy and stifling presence who is a fast-fading stage performe......more

Goodreads review by Booklover BEV

Gripping read The story of Cecily Hanson,living in france during the great war with her sweetheart lost at sea,she is joined by her sister merryn and her mother Queenie who is nursing a secret heartache. And so Cecily and merryn are all out to find out the truth. I loved this book full of twists and......more

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