<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Two friends experience personal and relational ups and downs as they live through two world wars.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>French-born Marie Gabin forms a friendship with Veronica Attwood in their final two years at school, but this is tested when Marie is forced to disclose a secret to her friend. In the shadow of this revelation, the girls grow up on a country estate in North Yorkshire. The First World War takes its toll when Marie loses the man she loves and Veronica's husband suffers injuries which eventually leave her a widow, but she finds consolation in her love for the land. Returning to France, Marie marries her childhood sweetheart, but once again life brings involvement in war for the two friends. <p/>Loving their Yorkshire land, Veronica and her daughters enlist in the Land Army. When a bomber squadron arrives on a newly constructed airfield on part of the estate, relationships are formed. Elise joins the RAF and is recruited into the SOE. But secrets will out. On a mission to France, Elise faces dangers she did not expect as she searches for Marie and the truth - a truth that will have an outcome she never envisaged.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Jessica Blair knows how to keep the reader enthralled for page after action-packed page--<b>Yorkshire Post</b><br><br>Jessica Blair writes a fast moving plot and creates characters we care for--<b>Northern Echo</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jessica Blair grew up in Middlesbrough, trained as a teacher and now lives in Ampleforth. She became a full-time writer in 1977 and has written more than 50 books under various pseudonyms. www.jessicablair.co.uk
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