Publisher's Synopsis
Rose and Myrtle Sylvester look up to their older sister, Peggy. But when war is declared in 1939 they must face the hardships together. For Rose, there is the chance to become a clippie on Sheffield's trams like Peggy. But for Myrtle, war may shatter her ambitions. When the tram on which Peggy is a conductress is caught in a bomb blast, she helps to rescue her passengers. One of them is a soldier, Terry Price, and he and Peggy begin courting. Terry is posted abroad and she hears nothing from him. Worse still, Peggy must break the devastating news to her family that she is pregnant.
