Winner of the Exeter Novel Prize and the Joan Hessayon Award for debut fiction.

โ€œI fell into writing historical fiction after the chance discovery that my husbandโ€™s mother had served in the British Army in the Second World War. This set in train a fascination with writing about the lives of strong women in wartime. My novels tell the stories of secret agents, soldiers, naval officers, factory workers, war artists, pacifists, and refugees: mothers, daughters, sisters, lovers, wives, and friends โ€“ but, above all, survivors.โ€

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