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A heartfelt post-war saga from the bestselling author of War Babies.

Wartime for the Chocolate Girls is the latest in Annie Murray's Sunday Times bestselling series following the lives of the women and girls who worked at the Cadbury Factory in Birmingham.

Set in Victorian Birmingham, this saga weaves a gritty yet heartwarming tale that introduces readers to the struggles and triumphs of its characters. The story explores themes of resilience and hope against the backdrop of a vibrant, industrial city. Annie Murray's vivid storytelling brings to life the challenges faced by the community, making it a compelling start to a new series.

A gritty World War Two saga from Sunday Times Bestseller, Annie Murray, following the lives of the women and girls who worked at the Cadbury Factory in Birmingham.

An absorbing tale of adventure and true love from the bestselling author of Chocolate Girls

It is 1942, and after a childhood of suffering in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a life of happiness and safety with her husband Joel and their children, working the canals on his narrowboat, the Esther Jane. But the back-breaking work and constant childbearing take their toll on Maryann, and the tragic loss of her old friend Nancy, followed by a further pregnancy lead her to a desperate act which nearly costs her her life. The walls of her security are broken down when Joel suffers an accident, and to keep the boats working, Maryann is forced to allow Sylvia and Dot, two wartime volunteers, into the privacy of their life. And when she discovers that someone keeps calling for her at Birmingham`s Tyseley Wharf, the dark memories of her past begin to overwhelm her life. For that someone, who seems to be watching her every move, is becoming more dangerous that even she could imagine...

Homecoming for the Chocolate Girls is the heartfelt and dramatic conclusion to Annie Murray's Sunday Times bestselling series following the lives of the women and girls who worked at the Cadbury Factory in Birmingham.

A story of three generations, 'Family of Women' follows the lives of Bessie, Violet and Linda, as they cope with the struggles, changes and occasional joys of their times.

Pretty seventeen-year-old Greta has never known a stable family life. With no father, and loathing her mother Ruby's latest boyfriend, Greta finds life hard at home and is happiest at work with her friends at the Cadbury factory in Birmingham where she is popular with the boys. Life takes a turn for the worse when her missing vixen of a sister Marleen turns up during the freezing winter of 1962. Greta soon decides that her only way out is marriage, but all too soon she discovers that life with her old class mate Trevor is not a ticket to freedom and happiness. She finds herself on the streets, pregnant and homeless... She is taken in by her mother's old friends, Edie and Anatoli Gruschov. In Anatoli, Greta finds the father she has never had. Kindly Edie loves to mother people and is desperately missing her son David and his family who have settled in Israel. But the love and security of this haven is soon shattered by appalling tragedy, which affects all the chocolate girls and their children and changes life forever... Continuing the saga begun in Chocolate Girls, and set in 1960s Birmingham, this is a story of families whose lives are entwined, of belonging and loss... and of a young woman's search for transforming love.

A powerful and moving story of two sisters, set in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, by top ten bestseller Annie Murray