Publisher's Synopsis
Grace Donnelly, a secretary in the City of London, lives with her parents, her two younger sisters, Polly and Violet, and her indomitable grandmother, Aggie, in London's East End. Life may be hard in the late 1930s, but it is nothing compared with what is about to follow. Grace can only watch as her beloved fiance, Stanley, enlists in the fight against Nazi Germany. Then, when her parents are tragically killed, it is up to her and Aggie to pull the Donnellys through. Polly cannot cope, and Violet is living the high life in the West End. And scheming barmaid Beryl Lovesett is determined to seduce Grace's uncle...
