If you enjoy this type of book you will enjoy this sequel
This book follows on from the first in the Ration Book Series, Pocketful of Dreams and we catch up with the Brogan family. It is 1940 and the war is entering its darkest days. Jo Brogan and her brother have been evacuated to the countryside to escape the Blitz in London. However, they are not happy living with their domineering 'landlady' and so escape back to London.
Jo is in love with Tommy, who comes from a family involved with crime and recklessness and when she was away, the letters stopped arriving from him and it appears that he did not receive hers either.
Jo meets Reggie (Tommy's brother) one day near where he and Tommy live and invites Jo to go in and see Tommy. Unbeknown to Jo, there is a lady in the house also and when Jo sees her and Tommy in a state of undress, she runs away in floods of tears and is heartbroken. But is it all as it seems?
Jo finds a job in St. John's Ambulance Service and tries to move on with her life. She meets Tommy once more and they try to resolve their differences. As the pages unfold we learn more about the other Brogan family lives and their many twists and turns. Will this end up a Happy Christmas for them all? Jean describes the bombings and stark realities of war so vividly, I felt I was there. PLUS an added bonus at the end of Wartime recipes!
Jo is in love with Tommy, who comes from a family involved with crime and recklessness and when she was away, the letters stopped arriving from him and it appears that he did not receive hers either.
Jo meets Reggie (Tommy's brother) one day near where he and Tommy live and invites Jo to go in and see Tommy. Unbeknown to Jo, there is a lady in the house also and when Jo sees her and Tommy in a state of undress, she runs away in floods of tears and is heartbroken. But is it all as it seems?
Jo finds a job in St. John's Ambulance Service and tries to move on with her life. She meets Tommy once more and they try to resolve their differences. As the pages unfold we learn more about the other Brogan family lives and their many twists and turns. Will this end up a Happy Christmas for them all? Jean describes the bombings and stark realities of war so vividly, I felt I was there. PLUS an added bonus at the end of Wartime recipes!