The Poppy Factory - Liz Trenow

Rose is looking forward to welcoming home her loving husband, Alfie, at the end of the First World War. Traumatised by his experiences on the battlefield, however, Alfie is a shadow of his former self. Pushed away by him, Rose's head is soon turned by another man, and she struggles with temptation... Many years later, Jess returns from her final tour of Afghanistan. Haunted by nightmares from her time at the front, her longed-for homecoming is a disaster, and she wonders if her life will ever be the same again. Will she find comfort in her great-grandmother Rose's diaries? For Jess and Rose, the realities of war have terrible consequences. Can The Poppy Factory, set up to help injured soldiers, rescue them both from the heartache of war?