Publisher's Synopsis
SECOND CHANCE - Barbara Hamlin thought she was doing the right thing when she ran away to marry her sweetheart. She knew her parents wouldn't approve, thinking she was marrying 'beneath her', but the fact that Michael Henderson was a sailor was immaterial to her. But after they are married Michael reveals himself in all his boorishness: idle, drunken and violent. Deeply disillusioned and pregnant Barbara realises she must break free of this cycle of despair if she is to get a second chance to love again.
SKINNY LIZZIE - South London, 1932. Times are hard for Lizzie Collins and her family. But fortunately they are blessed with the indomitable Cockney spirit - and in particular the physically frail but strong-willed and intelligent Lizzie. And then fortune smiles on her in the game of love. Happily married after the war to Charlie Wilson, she relishes the prospect of a now secure future with her family. But Charlie has other ideas. Ideas that will take Lizzie to a lonely life in Devon, to a challenging new career, and away from her beloved London...
