A stunning saga of the East End at war Maggie has been in love with handsome, successful Matthew Ward from the age of 16, though for Matthew, she is just one of the crowd. When war breaks out in 1939, Matthew leaves home for the army and Maggie manages to disentangle herself from her mother's clutches to train as a nurse. She had discovered her vocation and, through the doctors she works with and the soldiers she cares for, her confidence grows. Matthew will come back to find a very different girl. But when Matthew returns on leave, he drops his own bombshell - his wife Susan.
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Elizabeth Lord was born in the East End of London but has lived in Essex most of her life. She has a son and two daughters. Ruth Rendell describes her as a natural storyteller .
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