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A captivating tale of forbidden passion and wartime friendship from the bestselling author of THE WILLOW POOL and ONE SUMMER AT DEER'S LEAP. It's 1940 and the threat of invasion hangs over Britain. But in the isolated hamlet of Nun Ainsty it is the arrival of the Army that turns things turned upside down -- especially for two young women. Lorna Hatherwood, married to a man ten years older, lives a quiet life. Then she volunteers to read to blind soldiers at the nearby Manor and everything changes -- because of a handsome medical officer named Ewan MacMillan. But their relationship could spell disaster! Then there is Ness Nightingale. A Land Girl billeted with Lorna, Ness is trying to forget a disastrous love affair. But when she meets Mick Hardie, a conscientious objector, she has to remind herself that she has vowed never to trust a man again !
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A gripping WW2 saga: the arrival of Land girls and the army turn life upsid e down in a Yorkshire town. Lorna Hatherwood, a middle-class housewife, liv es close to Dickon's Wood. She is sheltered from her emotions by marriage t o a dull husband, ten years her senior. Then the Army arrives and Lorna's r estricted life expands as she catches the roving eye of a handsome young me dical officer. Ness Nightingale is on the run from a disastrous love affair with a married man. Liverpool Ness joins the Land Army, only to find herse lf in the arms of another suitor. But he is a conscientious objector, and m aybe not that suitable after all. 
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2004-01-19. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. New Ed. Paperback. Book: GOOD. 448pp.. 