TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flynn,Katie
TI  - The rose queen
SN  - 9781529156799
U1  - 823.914 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - [London], UK
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Self-realization in women
KW  - Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
KW  - Young women
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Bars (Drinking establishments)
KW  - Employees
KW  - Liverpool (England)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Rhos (North Wales)
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - George VI, 1936-1952
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - First published in 2022 by Century; "Includes bonus content and a recipe from the author" --Page [1] of cover
N2  - 1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled, but deep down she is desperate to leave the Welsh mining community where she grew up. When war is declared, Cadi and her best friend Poppy see a chance to escape. Cadi leaves behind her parents and local boy Aled, whom she is meant to marry, for Liverpool. But city life doesn't bring the opportunities they'd hoped for. They secure jobs in a local pub, and Cadi's blossoming relationship with a handsome dock worker deepens after he rescues her from a terrifying encounter. But when Aled unexpectedly appears Cadi finds her worlds colliding again. Now the Rose Queen must decide: who will become her King?
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