Classic Lesley Pearse full of emotion, struggle and an ending you wish for.

Thank you Netgalley for a copy for an honest review

Lesley Pearse is an excellent writer and I love settling down with the books she has written. This is no exception.
Two girls from very different backgrounds meet by chance, and against the approval of their respective parents, become the strongest of friends.
In 1935 Ruby, a dishevelled fourteen years old from Kentish Town and Verity Wood, dressed in expensive clothes and thirteen years old from Swiss Cottage, meet on Hampstead Heath. Drawn to the scene of a drowned man being taken away scene of some policemen and an ambulance crew, they wonder who he was and how it happened. The girls share personal information about their lives and have a mutual admiration of the other.
As the years pass the friendship grows stronger despite their trials and tribulations and both girls coping with hard and sad events in their lives. This is a story of friendship and love throughout the years.
I always enjoy a historical fiction book and this ticked all the boxes for me. Thank you Netgalley for the book to write this review.

You’ve heard the saying “ you have to experience the bad to appreciate the good” and other such cliches.
Well, that’s what springs to mind with me reading this book by one of my favourite authors Lesley Pearse.

It’s not just the war experiences and this audio book making it so real, it’s the characters involved.

Friends. Friends who you would think as the most unlikely of friends yet, not. They are so different yet the same.

Both undergoing or had undergone really physical and emotional life journeys. Cruel.

There’s romance in here. There’s reality real life contexts that most will understand.

It’s an emotional rollercoaster.

I’ve been so engrossed in this story I’ve been wearing my headphones all around the house, so antisocial! But that’s the beauty of audio books right? You don’t have to put them down to go off and do something else.

I just loved making friends with the people in this book. The main characters, some I wanted to hug, some I wanted to make a nice cup of tea, sit and natter with. And two I wanted to be a mum to.

The reality of the war was surrounding the story, but the girls and what their personal life events were very much as paramount.

Absolutely loved it.

How your younger treatment can harm your future if you don’t deal with it.

Never wanted this to end.

Beginning in 1935 and continuing through the years of World War II this is a heartwarming story about a strong and enduring friendship between two young girls.

Whilst this wasn't a bad book and I did enjoy it, it was a typical Lesley Pearse story. Really bad things happen to these girls but they always overcome them. The End.