Publisher's Synopsis
As the Battle of Britain rages over the Essex coast, two teenagers fall in love... Annie Cross has few pleasures in her tough life. On the bleak family farm on the Essex marshlands she slaves all day for her cruel father, kept going by her secret meetings with Tom Featherstone, but war steals Tom from her when he joins the RAF. Annie would love to do her bit, but, stuck on the farm, she lives for Tom's letters - until they stop coming. When, against the odds, her beloved Tom returns, he finds a different, stronger Annie to the one he left behind, but he also finds the girl he loved is carrying another man's child...
