Sophie Baxter has everything a modern girl could wish for: a career, a devoted lover, friends and freedom. Until she realises that sometimes you can't have it all. As she struggles to make an impossible decision, she turns to her mother and grandmother. As each of them tries to help, the stories of their own lives unfold.
"The story of three women linked by fate and war and the men who loved or hated them. It is 1945 and men and women prepare to return to the lives they left behind in 1939. But the world, for most of them, has changed beyond recognition."--Publisher's description.
A family tragedy compels Helen Clark to return to her hometown, Darlasden, and search for the baby she gave up for adoption twenty years ago
Fran's happy marriage to David has always been the centre of her life in the closeknit mining village of Belgate in County Durham. But, suddenly, at thirty-two her world falls apart when she finds herself a widow, without a man to rely on. Denise Robertson tells the story of Fran's struggle to raise her son, to find independence, and love, in a powerful story of memorable characters, vitality and warmth.
"When middle class Cathy falls in love with working class Joseph, a soldier, she dare not tell her family, who want her to marry into the wealthy Callingham family. Class and the war loom between them and happiness. When Joseph is killed in France and Cathy discovers she is pregnant, she has little option but to accept young Henry Callingham's proposal made as he goes off to war, despite the fact that she doesn’t love him.A gripping wartime story revealing the lives and loves of Cathy, the Callingham family and those around them - through the Blitz and the Battle of Britain to an Air Force hospital where a brilliant plastic surgeon works on rebuilding the faces of young pilots disfigured by war, ending in 1945 when Europe is on the brink of peace and a brave new world."
Sophie Baxter has everything a modern girl could wish for: a career, a devoted lover, friends and freedom. Until she realises that sometimes you can't have it all. As she struggles to make an impossible decision, she turns to her mother and grandmother. As each of them tries to help, the stories of their own lives unfold.
Sophie hat eine schöne Karriere gemacht - vor ihr liegen noch weiterreichende Perspektiven. Sie ist intelligent und attraktiv, ihr Freund ist beim Fernsehen und würde sie lieber heute als morgen heiraten. Aber dann wird ihre Firma an die Amerikaner verkauft, und plötzlich steht sie vor einer schweren Entscheidung.
Schöne Welt am Morgen - bk426; dtv; Denise Robertson; pocket_book; 2000
Nach dem Krieg kehren vier unterschiedliche Freundinnen ins Zivilleben zurück, voller Hoffnungen. Während Amy und Peggy heiraten, zieht Celia nach Paris und Joyce startet eine Karriere in London. Doch jede muss schwere Schicksalsschläge bewältigen. Nach sieben Jahren treffen sie sich wieder und reflektieren über ihre Träume.
