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Home front girls / by Rosie Goodwin.

by Goodwin, Rosie.

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Magna Large Print, c2013.

Orphans -- Fiction.

Siblings as caregivers -- Fiction.

Department stores -- Employees -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- England -- Fiction.

Coventry (England) -- Fiction.

Large print ed.

478 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.

"Dotty, Lucy and Annabelle all turn up for work at Coventry's department store Owen Owens at the time war is declared. Dotty has never known a life outside of the orphanage where she grew up. Lucy is the sole carer of her little sister; she's head of the home now that her brother has gone to war. So she seeks out a job at Owen Owens. Annabelle has led a life of privilege but everyone's having to pinch the pennies at the moment. The well-off are no exception, much to Annabelle's annoyance. The three young women are brought together on their first day at Owen Owens. As the trials and devastating effects of war come to bear on the three women, their bond deepens. With disaster at every turn, they're going to need each other..."--Publisher.

Historical fiction.

Women's fiction.

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