A rich & compelling wartime saga from the author of Wish me Luck. Kathy Burton longs to escape the drudgery of her life as an unpaid labourer on her fatherï ½s farm. With only the local church choir & the occasional dance at the village hall for amusement, she yearns for the bright lights. She goes to live in the city & finds work in a department store, where she becomes captivated by the sophisticated & handsome floor manager, Tony Kendall. Kathy falls deeply & irrevocably in love &, even when the country is plunged into war, she can see no obstacle to their future. But she has reckoned without the devious mind of Tonyï ½s invalid mother, Beatrice Kendall. ï ½ Youï ½ll never marry my sonï ½ Beatrice vows. ï ½Iï ½ll see to thatï ½ Determined that the possessive woman wont win, Kathy plans her wedding, but the day is ruined & Tony is called up for another date can be arranged. Feeling deserted, Kathy is forced to face yet further heartache & shame alone. At last she finds solace in a concert party entertaining servicemen & women & war workers. But behind the songs & the smiles, her heart is breaking. ...

Details: Kathy Burton longs to escape the drudgery of her life as an unpaid labourer on her fathers farm. With only the
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She was determined to make a better life for herself & her child ï ½ Karyn & Tudor Morgan have moved from a small mining community to the bustle & noise of Cardiff in search of a new life. Tudor longs to be a star entertainer & so Karyn gets a job, leaving her husband to look after their young daughter Delia, doing stints at clubs in the evening or whenever he can get them. Then one day Tudor is arrested for begging & Karyn is horrified to learn that he has been busking during the day & taking three-year-old Delia with him. When Tudor comes out of prison he gets an honest job but soon he is back to his old ways. & when his life of petty crime quickly turns into something far more sinister, it is all Karyn can do to ensure she & her daughter survive. ...

Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to get pregnant, & just when she's about to get her heart's desire, tragedy destroys her world. In the aftermath of loss, she throws herself into her career. Working with Vanessa, she finds their relationship moving ...

Share the magic & music of Christmas with the Sing-Along Christmas Carols book & audio CD. This timeless collection of traditional Christmas carols contains all the delights of the season, from Jingle Bells & Deck the Halls to Silent Night & We Wish You a Merry Christmas. The holidays will be filled with cheer when you sing along with the 74 minute CD ...

For generations of Britons, Singapore was the international crossroads of the Empire, the ultimate colonial posting, the stimulus for writers such as Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham or Noel Coward. Can today's hightech 24-hour city with its gleaming skyscrapers & high standard of living provide a similar kind of inspiration to a visitor? ...

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The Singer 2250 sewing machine has modern styling & high build quality needed for years & years of trouble

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Based on the classic song, this beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates rain & all its fun. Jump in puddles, raise umbrellas, & dance with joy through the pages of this gorgeous story. Contains a sing-along CD with song by Doris Day & an exclusive reading with page-turn signals. ...

On his train back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure
- but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on a newspaper, he follows a trail to the remote.
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SINGING SPANISH
- A must-have collection of fun new songs & chants for practicing vocabulary & phrases when learning Spanish. These
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