Tough Times on Coronation Close
- Author Lizzie Lane
- Narrator Anne Dover
- Publisher Boldwood Books
- Run Time 8 hours and 32 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Generational sagas, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships.
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What to expect
As the war rages, the women must keep the home fires burning…
Bristol 1941
Coronation Close survives the brutal Bristol Blitz but with rationing, call up papers and new rules and regulations everyone’s lives are changed forever.
Resident do-gooder PC Percy Routledge obsession with rules being upheld finds him spying and reporting fellow neighbours on the slightest infraction whilst his poor brow-beaten wife, Margaret can only watch on in shameful silence. It’s whispered that one day he’ll get his comeuppance…
Times are hard for everyone and Thelma Dawson certainly has her fair share of upset. Devastating news arrives that her son Charlie’s ship has been torpedoed and sank in the Atlantic, his whereabout unknown. Will he ever return to his wife and their unborn child? Meanwhile, seventeen years old daughter Mary has had her head turned by a certain overseas soldier. But where will temptation lead them?
Tough times, it seems are her to stay and the woman of Coronation Close all have their own battles and problems to overcome. As friendships are nurtured and relationships are tested, tragedy strikes and some home truths need to be faced.
Perfect for the fans of Rosie Clarke, Fenella Miller and Kitty Neale
If you love Coronation Close, you'll love Lizzie's other series - try The Tobacco Girls and The Orchard Cottage Hospital
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