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Chapters (76)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Chapter Eight
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Chapter Twenty-One
  26. Chapter Twenty-Two
  27. Chapter Twenty-Three
  28. Chapter Twenty-Four
  29. Chapter Twenty-Five
  30. Chapter Twenty-Six
  31. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  32. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  33. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  34. Chapter Thirty
  35. Chapter Thirty-One
  36. Chapter Thirty-Two
  37. Chapter Thirty-Three
  38. Chapter Thirty-Four
  39. Chapter Thirty-Five
  40. Chapter Thirty-Six
  41. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  42. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  44. Chapter Forty
  45. Chapter Forty-One
  46. Chapter Forty-Two
  47. Chapter Forty-Three
  48. Chapter Forty-Four
  49. Chapter Forty-Five
  50. Chapter Forty-Six
  51. Chapter Forty-Seven
  52. Chapter Forty-Eight
  53. Chapter Forty-Nine
  54. Chapter Fifty
  55. Chapter Fifty-One
  56. Chapter Fifty-Two
  57. Chapter Fifty-Three
  58. Chapter Fifty-Four
  59. Chapter Fifty-Five
  60. Chapter Fifty-Six
  61. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  62. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  63. Acknowledgements
  64. Also by Rosie Goodwin
  65. About Rosie Goodwin
  66. Welcome to the world of Rosie Goodwin!
  67. A Letter from Rosie Goodwin
  68. Cissie’s Roast Chicken
  69. An extract from Rosie Goodwin’s next novel
  70. Prologue
  71. Chapter One
  72. Love Rosie Goodwin?
  73. The Days of the Week collection
  74. Mothering Sunday
  75. Tales from Memory Lane
  76. Memory Lane Advert

‘In that case, me and Cissie will go down to the lodge and start getting it ready for you this morning,’ Sunday promised. ‘And then this afternoon, young lady, you and I are going shopping. I’ve saved all my clothing coupons so there are bound to be enough to get you something nice to wear for the wedding. I’ll get George to drive us into town and if we can’t find anything suitable there, we’ll go into Coventry tomorrow.’

Kathy agreed meekly. She knew better than to argue with her mother when she had made her mind up about something.

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As it happened, they found exactly what they were looking for in a small dress shop in the marketplace. It was a two-piece costume in cream with a straight skirt and a smart little jacket that made Kathy’s waist look tiny. They even found a small hat with a little veil to match it and although it took every coupon Sunday had and a few more of Cissie’s it was so perfect that it was worth every one.

‘You look beautiful,’ Sunday said with a lump in her throat when Kathy came out of the changing room. Now once again they would have to start preparing the small party that John had insisted they should have at Treetops following the wedding.

When they returned home, they were greeted with yet more good news. Livvy had phoned to say that her commanding officer had granted her leave to attend the wedding.

‘Now there will only be one family member missing,’ John said wistfully, for he had thought of them all as family for a long time now. They all felt for him. They knew that he was thinking of Giles.

Chapter Fifty-Four

As the ship that was taking him home crested a large wave before crashing back down again, Giles leaned over the side of the bed and heaved into the bucket one of the nurses had placed there. Most of the men in the beds dotted around them were doing the same and the nurses were hurrying from one to another doing their best to make the patients as comfortable as they could. They had been at sea for two days when they hit the storm but bad as it was Giles still had enough about him to know that this was nowhere near as awful as the prison camp had been.