A Farthing Will Do [Hardcover]

Lilian Harry (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2005

Ruth, Lizzie, and Heather each have their own reasons for greeting the end of the war with mixed feelings. For Ruth, it means she must face the possibility of losing Sammy, the evacuee boy she has come to love as her own. For Heather, who has been enjoying working the farm since her husband Ian went away, there is the difficult process of adjusting to a man who believes that his wife's place will now be in the kitchen. And Lizzie is confronted by the truth about her own strength of will in enduring years of loneliness—particularly as her friendship with the American airman, Floyd, deepens. With the coming of peace, life changes more than anyone had expected.

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About the Author

Lilian Harry grew up in Portsmouth and now lives in a village on the edge of Dartmoor with two ginger cats. She has a son, a daughter and two grandchildren, and is a keen walker.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Orion Publishing (January 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0752851292
• ISBN-13: 978-0752851297
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,898,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Hi,I am Lilian Harry and am delighted to welcome you to my Author Central page. I've been writing for a long time now, under the name Donna Baker as well as Lilian Harry, and most of my books are classed as 'historical novels', including those set during the Second World War (which is slightly hurtful, since I remember it....) I grew up near Portsmouth in Hampshire, have lived in Devon, Herefordshire and the Lake District (my favourite place!) and am now back in Devon on the edge of Dartmoor, where I am out every day walking my miniature schnauzer. Apart from writing, I ring bells, take part in amateur dramatics, go to concerts, theatre etc, read and play bridge - but only with very tolerant, forgiving people who like me a lot. (Or on the computer!) I would like to be cloned so that I can do all these things simultaneously.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not really a great book, October 30, 2005

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This review is from: A Farthing Will Do (Hardcover)

The war is over and its a time for the people of Bridge End to celebrate. For Lizzie it means the return of her husband Alec who has been a POW. For Heather, Ian who been away fighting for six years, it would mean that she wouldn't have to work the farm anymore. But is that something that she is willing to give up? And for Ruth, would she have to give up Sammy, a boy that is very close to her heart. The war many be over, but the battle will continue.

"A Farthing Will Do" is the second book in Lilian Harry's "Bridge End" series. But I have to say I didn't really like it. There was something about this series that I just didn't enjoy. Ms. Harry's "April Grove" is so much better.