Wartime in the Dales

Maggie and Lizzie are evacuated from Liverpool to rural Yorkshire, where they are sent to live with different families. They are homesick and feel desperate to return to Liverpool.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 15 August 2024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

September 1939 marked a significant period in the lives of two young women, Maggie Shaunessy and Lizzie Taylor, as they were forced to leave their beloved homes in Liverpool and relocate to rural Yorkshire. Maggie was sent to live with a vicar in the village of Gargrave, while Lizzie was taken to live with a vicar in the village of Gargrave. Both girls found themselves in unfamiliar surroundings, far different from what they were used to, and they both felt a deep sense of homesickness. Despite the challenges they faced, they both managed to make new friends. Maggie found friendship in Alice, a young servant at the hall who took her under her wing, while Lizzie formed a bond with a local girl named Sarah. However, change was coming to the Dales, and the girls began to harbor desperate plans of running away back to Liverpool. They longed for the familiarity of their old lives and the comfort of their families. As the months passed, the girls grew more restless and anxious, longing for a way out of their new and unfamiliar surroundings.

Weight: 220g
Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529093070