TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Kate
TI  - Secrets of the lavender girls
T2  - Homefront girls
SN  - 9781473698147 (paperback)
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Hodder
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Fiction
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Cosmetics industry
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - East End (London, England)
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - War fiction
N1  - "In wartime, everyone's hiding something..." -- Cover; Includes factual information and author's note; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - Stratford, 1943. World War Two is still raging across Europe. But for the Lavender Girls, the workers at the Yardley cosmetics factory in East London, there are even more challenges on the home front. Esther, newly married, is learning to juggle life as a working woman with her duties as a wife and homemaker. Patsy, a new recruit at the Yardley factory, has a double life that takes her from the East End lipstick belt by day to the stage in the West End at night. For Lou, a forbidden love forces her to choose between family loyalty and a chance at true happiness
ER  -