Leah Fleming

The War Widows


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      LEAH FLEMING

       The War Widows

       Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

      The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Copyright © Leah Fleming 2008

      Leah Fleming asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9781847560131

      Ebook Edition © 2009 ISBN: 9780007334971

      Version: 2018-06-19

       Dedication

      For Jan, Madeleine, Menna, Lyneth, April, Kathryn and all the Lichfield Register friends, past and present.

      ‘We have eaten bread and salt together, sorrows and joys shared…’

      Contents

       Title Page

       Chapter 6 - Farewell to Freddie

       Chapter 7 - The Olive Oil Hunt

       Chapter 8 - Maria

       Chapter 9 - Balancing Books and Entertaining Angels

       Chapter 10 - Invitations to a Feast

       Chapter 11 - Susan to the Rescue

       Chapter 12 - The Olive Oil Club

       Chapter 13 - A Dickens of a Christmas

       Chapter 14 - Dancing in the Snow

       Chapter 15 - The Miracle Cure

       Chapter 16 - The Joys of a Family

       Chapter 17 - Cinderellas in Ballgowns

       Chapter 18 - Moses Heights

       Chapter 19 - Changing the Guard

       Chapter 20 - A Bit of Blackpool Air

       Chapter 21 - Here Comes The Bride

       Chapter 22 - Dancing in the Park

       Chapter 23 - The Mission

       Chapter 24 - A Brief Encounter Moment

       Chapter 25 - Gretna Green Temptations

       Chapter 26 - A Mystery Tour

       And Afterwards …

       Acknowledgments

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

       Prologue

       August 1947

      Her big day was here at last, after all those years of daydreaming how it would be. The bride opened one eye and peered over her bedroom. It felt as if she’d been courting sleep all night and not