Shirley Dickson

As they walked toward the railway station, their mother took an envelope from her handbag. "I want you to keep this somewhere safe." "What’s in the letter?" "Listen carefully. You’re never to open it unless you or your sister are in real trouble. Promise me." England, 1943: Home is no longer...

An utterly heartbreaking tale of two young girls, worlds apart, who are thrown together when they have lost everything....

The tear-jerking wartime tale of an orphaned baby who needs a home and the woman who risks everything to provide it. Fans of Before We Were Yours, Wives of War, and Diney Costeloe will be utterly swept away. England, 1941: Life has always been cruel to Ethel. Raised in an orphanage by a...

A heartbreaking, enthralling and utterly unforgettable World War 2 story of two young sisters cruelly abandoned by their mother at an orphanage....

England, 1942: ‘Will I ever find my mammy or daddy?’ She looks up, her bright blue eyes full of unshed tears, but the kind nurse gently says, ‘Sweetheart, if you can’t remember your own name, I don’t think you’ll ever find them…’ Waking up in a rickety hospital bed, the sweet...

A heart-wrenching, poignant and totally unforgettable tale of a young woman who must finally face up to the secret she has hidden for a lifetime....