Keep Smiling Through

Description

June 1940. Despite losing her mother at a young age and her father away on important war work, seventeen-year-old Rita Smith has plenty of people to turn to in the close-knit community of Cliffhaven. Until Italy sides with Germany and Rita's closest friends and neighbours are interned as enemies of the state. As war rages across Europe, Rita is more determined than ever to do her bit for the war effort. Although she is forced to give up her dream of joining the WAAF, she volunteers as a fire warden. When her own home is destroyed Rita vows she will not lose spirit and throws herself into doing her bit for king and country, longing for the day when she is reunited with those she loves best...

Promotion info

She swore would never lose heart. The gripping new Second World War saga from the author of There'll be Blue Skies.

Author description

Ellie Dean lives in Eastbourne, which has been her home for many years and where she raised her three children. She is also the author of THERE'LL BE BLUE SKIES and FAR FROM HOME.