The Silent War
A moving wartime saga of tragedy and hope
Published on 21. June 2012
361 pages
978-0-7553-9249-0 (ISBN)
Description
When tragedy strikes, will she ever find happiness again?
A young girl battles against adversity in The Silent War, a moving saga by popular author Victor Pemberton. Perfect for fans of Harry Bowling and Cathy Sharp.
Sunday Collins is less than happy with her lot in war-torn London, working in the sweaty, steamy laundry round the corner from her home in a stark Holloway council flat known as 'the buildings' where she has been brought up by May Collins, a Salvation Army Officer who found her on the Sally Army steps along with her bossy sister Louie. Sunday lives for Saturday nights, when she makes the most of her Betty Grable looks at the Athenaeum Dance Hall. But Sunday's recklessly lived life is changed dramatically when, one summer morning in 1944, the laundry receives a direct hit from one of Hitler's V-1s, and she finds she is - and it seems permanently - deaf...
What readers are saying about The Silent War:
'I ran through the pages as I became more and more immersed and felt unable to put the book down'
'Mr Pemberton is a great writer who is able to make the reader feel like they are truly in North London during the war'
'Takes you back in time and makes you feel part of the story'
A young girl battles against adversity in The Silent War, a moving saga by popular author Victor Pemberton. Perfect for fans of Harry Bowling and Cathy Sharp.
Sunday Collins is less than happy with her lot in war-torn London, working in the sweaty, steamy laundry round the corner from her home in a stark Holloway council flat known as 'the buildings' where she has been brought up by May Collins, a Salvation Army Officer who found her on the Sally Army steps along with her bossy sister Louie. Sunday lives for Saturday nights, when she makes the most of her Betty Grable looks at the Athenaeum Dance Hall. But Sunday's recklessly lived life is changed dramatically when, one summer morning in 1944, the laundry receives a direct hit from one of Hitler's V-1s, and she finds she is - and it seems permanently - deaf...
What readers are saying about The Silent War:
'I ran through the pages as I became more and more immersed and felt unable to put the book down'
'Mr Pemberton is a great writer who is able to make the reader feel like they are truly in North London during the war'
'Takes you back in time and makes you feel part of the story'
Reviews / Votes
Peopled with strong, sincere and appealing characters * Coventry Evening Telegraph * A warm, poignant story * Plymouth Evening Herald * An evocative tale * Northern Echo * [Pemberton] knows how to please his waiting audience * Peterborough Evening Telegraph * Heart-warming saga of working class life * Manchester Evening News *More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
None
File size
1,13 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7553-9249-0 (9780755392490)
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Book
05/1997
Headline Book Publishing
€27.43
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Person
Victor Pemberton is a successful radio playwright and TV producer, and has worked with some of the great names of entertainment, including Benny Hill and Dodie Smith, had a longstanding correspondence with Stan Laurel and scripted and produced many of the BBC`s `Dr Who` series. In recent years he has worked as a producer for Jim Henson, and set up his own production company, whose first TV documentary won an Emmy Award.
