Description
| Product ID: | 9781529078077 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Woolworths Girl's Promise |
| Subtitle: | Love, drama and tragedy converge as the Woolworths saga returns... |
| Authors: | Author: Elaine Everest |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Historical romance, Historical romance, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Historical fiction, Sagas, Historical fiction, Kent, London, Greater London, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The eighth instalment in bestselling author Elaine Everest’s Woolworths series. <p><b><i>The Woolworth Girl</i></b><b>’<i>s Promise</i></b> <b>is the eighth heart-warming novel in Elaine Everest’s bestselling Woolworths series that follows the turbulent life of a much-loved girl working in the iconic shop.<br><br>'A warm, tender tale of friendship and love' – Milly Johnson on <i>The Woolworth Girls</i></b><br><br>Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Billington faces a lonely future. Her beloved fiancé lost at Ypres in 1917, she is now estranged from her upper-class parents due to her association with Charlie Sayers and his working-class family.<br><br>Spotting an advertisement for a nearby job at Woolworths, Betty starts on a new and thrilling journey – starting at the bottom of the employment ladder in the well-known store.<br><br>Her work journey leads her to Ramsgate in Kent to work in a newly-built store – and with this comes the chance of marriage. But can she ever forget Charlie and the promise she made to him?<br><br><b>Read this exciting early chapter in the life of well-known Betty Billington and follow her journey before she arrives at the Erith store – and meets fellow Woolworths Girls in 1938, as war is again on the horizon . . .</b><br><br><b>'Another uplifting read from the master storyteller' – <i>Lancaster Post</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-03-16 |
