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SPOILER ALERT! Read The Manhattan Girls before enjoying the below epilogue. A sweeping tale of love, loss and the everlasting bonds
Going to the Flicks in 1941
Pam Lecky, author of Her Secret War, discusses film in 1941. Like most young people in the forties, my heroine,
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The Best World War Two Films and TV series for Complete Obsessives
For a World War Two obsessive there’s no greater event for me than finding a wonderful new novel set in
How My First Trip to Morocco Changed Everything
It had begun like any last minute away break – booking a cheap Easyjet flight to Marrakech, a trip to
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I was born in 1943, during World War II, so I was a teenager in the 1950s, which was before
A Woman of War
A Woman of War It’s an old adage, but one that sits well with me: ‘write what you know’. As
Christmas in 1943
Christmas in 1943 When Avon asked me if I would write a post for their website on what Christmas was
How to grow and use your own herbs
The dictionary defines a herb as a plant ‘of which the leaves or stem and leaves are used for medicine
Writing Her Hidden Life
As I point out in my Author’s Note for the book, the idea for Her Hidden Life came from an
Researching an Orphan’s War
When Avon suggested I write a series of novels set in Liverpool in a Dr Barnardo’s orphanage in the Second