The Fight for Lizzie Flowers : The Perfect Wartime Family Saga, Set in the East End of London

A heart-warming and nostalgic family saga set at the heart of wartime London, from the bestselling author of A Wartime Christmas . Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Rosie Goodwin 'Surely one of the best saga writers of her time' - ROSIE CLARKE Lizzie Flowers has had a hard life in the East End of London. In the bleak years after World War I, her family faced desperate times and deep tensions split them apart, but when barrow-boy Danny Flowers asked her to leave for a better life with him in Australia, she stayed true to her family's roots. Instead, she married Danny's brother Frank - a decision she came to bitterly regret. When Frank dies suddenly, Lizzie is given the independence she'd always craved, and having found great success running the Flowers' greengrocer's, she has plans to expand the business. With the East End community supporting her, and the return of her true love Danny, back to marry her at last, Lizzie dares to believe she has finally found happiness. But as their wedding day dawns, an unwelcome guest arrives, and Lizzie fears her life will never be the same again . . . 'A gripping page turner' - LEAH FLEMING 'Brings the East End to life - family loyalties, warring characters and broken dreams. Superb' - ELIZABETH GILL The brand new East End drama from Carol Rivers - perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Annie Groves and Dilly Court. Lizzie Flowers has had a hard life but she is still full of true East End grit. In the bleak years after World War I her family faced desperate times and deep tensions split them apart, but when barrow-boy Danny Flowers asked her to leave for a better life in Australia, she stayed true to her family's roots. She married Danny's brother Frank instead, a decision she came to bitterly regret. It is Frank's death, and her great success running the Flowers greengrocer's, that gives Lizzie independence at last. She has plans to expand the business. She has the East End community around her. And Danny has come back to marry her at last. But as their wedding day dawns, an unwelcome guest arrives and Lizzie's life will never be the same again. 'Brings the East End to life - family loyalties, warring characters and broken dreams. Superb' Elizabeth Gill 'Surely one of the best saga writers of her time' Rosie Clarke 'A gripping page turner' Leah Fleming SAGAS. In the bleak years after World War I, disabled souvenir seller's daughter, 15-year-old Lizzie Allen, faces desperate times. With her mother dead and her bitter, crippled father a broken man, Lizzie is powerless to stop her elder brother Vinnie from falling into debt with the local hard man, Mick Ferreter. Lizzie must draw on all her courage and resourcefulness to keep the family fed and clothed and prevent her two younger sisters, Babs and Flo, from being taken into care. When barrow-boy sweetheart Danny Flowers asks Lizzie to leave for a better life in Australia, she refuses, sacrificing her own happiness for her family. Lizzie is a true East Ender, determined to survive the lure of the criminal gangs and the brutal violence of her husband, Frank, Danny's jealous and vengeful brother