The Postmistress

I enjoyed this book very much, it was lovely to read and forget all the goings on currently happening in our time and remember how people suffered during the Second World War. The bombs, the rationing, going without and making do and mending. It made me think they these days we just throw things awa......more

The Postmistress gives you a look at life in Greenhill in Lancashire and just before the start of world war two. Vicky Parrot runs the post office, Sylvia Barker owns the haberdashery shop and Violet Pegg’s the local school teacher. Vicky’s run off her feet, working at the post office and looking af......more

Our Street At War. Book 1 Lancashire 1939: An ordinary street is getting ready for war, but who knows what is going on behind the blacked-out windows? Sylvia Barker runs the haberdashery store in the village of Millend. Her daughter Rose has no plans to wste her life on needles and cotton. Violet Peg......more

The Postmistress by Maggie Sullivan is an excellent WWII era historical fiction novel that is the start of, what I expect, to be an amazing series: Our Street at War. This book takes place 1939-early 1940 in a small village outside of Manchester in Northern England. This novel focuses on the life, t......more

The heart knows A wonderful story, I enjoyed every minute of it. This is one story that is uplifting and enjoyable to read. There are several characters involved in a small town north of London. The girls working at the munitions factory, Rose and Penny. Claire who was sent to stay with her aunt Sylvi......more