Soldier Girl

Annie Murray

Age 16 +
14 March 2014
9781447260363
771 pages

Synopsis

Soldier Girl is a sequel to A Hopscotch Summer, and is followed by All the Days of Our Lives in Annie Murray's epic saga of friendship and heartbreak, read by Penelope Freeman.

Molly Fox has grown up in the back streets of Birmingham at the mercy of her cruel grandfather and her drunken mother. Though she has grown into a tall, beautiful woman, Molly is haunted by terrible family secrets. When she is found lying drunk in a gutter, Molly reaches a turning point. She decides to escape by joining the army as an ATS girl.

At first her new start seems fated to be a disaster but the army gives her the encouragement she hungers for and soon her life is flourishing. But war brings tragedy as well as triumph, and when Molly receives news from home, it becomes clear that she can't escape her past so easily . . .