A winter hope - Sheila Newberry

For fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, A Winter Hope is a heart-warming novel from the Queen of family saga, and author of The Winter Baby and The Nursemaid's Secret, Sheila Newberry.All they want is a new home. Number
five Kitchener Avenue heralds the start of a new life for the Hope
family. For pregnant Miriam it is a warm, safe environment to bring up
her child. For her sister, fourteen-year-old Barbara, it means
independence . . . and boys. And for Fred it provides the security he
craves for his young family. In the lead up to Christmas, the
Hopes settle in, and start to make happy memories in their new home. But
World War II is round the corner, and this carefree life can't last. Soon
the family are split up. Bar, wanting to do her bit for the war effort,
joins the ATS, while Miriam and her children are evacuated to the
countryside and away from her husband. As the country is thrown into turmoil, can the Hope family come back together and find the happiness they crave? 'A Winter Hope is a heartwarming novel following two sisters
from pre-war to post-war, their parallel stories filled with love and
loss. I found myself completely wrapped up with their experiences and
shed a tear at the twists and turns of their lives.' Mollie Walton, author of The Daughters of Ironbridge 'I
have long been a fan of Sheila Newberry's novels. I love their
wonderful warmth and charm.' Maureen Lee, bestselling author of The Seven Streets of Liverpool'Reading
a Sheila Newberry book is like having dinner with your mother in her
warm and cosy kitchen. You can feel the love and care put into every
juicy morsel' - Diane Allen, bestselling author of For the Sake of Her FamilyPreviously published as The Family at Number Five.

Sheila Newberry was born in Suffolk and spent a lot of time there both before and during the war. She wrote her first 'book' before she was ten
- all sixty pages of it - in purple ink. Her family was certainly
her inspiration and she was published for most of her adult life. She
spent forty years living in Kent with her husband John on a
smallholding. She had nine children, twenty-two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Sheila retired back to Suffolk where she lived until her death in 2020.

A Winter Hope is a heartwarming novel following two sisters from pre-war to post-war, their parallel stories filled with love and loss. I found myself completely wrapped up with their experiences and shed a tear at the twists and turns of their lives. A lovely tale of one family by an accomplished novelist at the top of her game.
Mollie Walton, author of The Daughters of Ironbridge