Land girls - Angela Huth

LAND GIRLS
The West Country in wartime and the land girls are gathering on the farm of John and Faith Lawrence. Prue, a man-eating hairdresser from Manchester; Ag, a cerebral Cambridge undergraduate; Stella, a dreamy Surrey girl stunted by love: three different women from very different backgrounds, who find themselves thrown together, sharing an attic bedroom and laying the foundations for a friendship that will last a lifetime...

WIVES OF THE FISHERMEN
Ravishing Annie Macleoud and kind, plain Myrtle Duns have always been the closest, yet unlikeliest of friends.
Their friendship has been tested many times, most of all when Myrtle embarks on the great love affair of her life, while the beautiful Annie finds only disappointment. Still the friendship survives, until a horrifying accident destroys the equilibrium, and exposes the secret sadness, jealousy and betrayal each has hidden over the years.