Secrets of the homefront girls / Kate Thompson.
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TextPublisher: London : Hodder, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 423 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781473698116Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London -- Fiction | Cosmetics industry -- Fiction | Female friendship -- Fiction | Austrians -- England -- History -- Fiction | East End (London, England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Historical fiction. | War fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: Britain may be at war, but on the home front, keeping up morale and keeping up appearances go hand in hand. For the young women working on the lipstick production line at Yardley's cosmetics factory, it's business as usual. Headstrong Renee Gunn is the queen of the lipstick belt -- although her cheeky attitude means she's often in trouble. When Esther, an Austrian refugee, arrives at Yardley's, it's Renee who takes her under her wing and teaches her to be a true cockney. But outside of the factory, things are more complicated. Lily, Renee's older sister, has suddenly returned home after six years away, and is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile Esther is finding life in England more difficult than expected, and it's not long before Renee finds herself in trouble, with nowhere to turn. In the face of the Blitz, the Yardley girls are bound together by friendship and loyalty -- but could the secrets they are hiding be the biggest danger of all?
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Britain may be at war, but on the home front, keeping up morale and keeping up appearances go hand in hand. For the young women working on the lipstick production line at Yardley's cosmetics factory, it's business as usual. Headstrong Renee Gunn is the queen of the lipstick belt -- although her cheeky attitude means she's often in trouble. When Esther, an Austrian refugee, arrives at Yardley's, it's Renee who takes her under her wing and teaches her to be a true cockney. But outside of the factory, things are more complicated. Lily, Renee's older sister, has suddenly returned home after six years away, and is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile Esther is finding life in England more difficult than expected, and it's not long before Renee finds herself in trouble, with nowhere to turn. In the face of the Blitz, the Yardley girls are bound together by friendship and loyalty -- but could the secrets they are hiding be the biggest danger of all?
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