Annie Wilkinson Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

August 1918. World War I is entering its final desperate stages. A generation of young men have given up their lives for their country - and the young women left behind are hard put to find a husband. When she learns that her handsome sweetheart has been killed in action, Sally Wilde dedicates her life to nursing.

Ginny, a poor 15-year-old miner's daughter from a village near Durham, yearns for adventure, but gets more than she bargained for when she heads for London where her employer's unscrupulous brother puts her on the stage as a singer. Eventually, she begins to yearn to return to the North East and her true love.