For fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court A Winter Hope is a heartwarming novel from the Queen of family saga and author of The Winter Baby and The Nursemaids Secret Sheila NewberryAll they want is a new home Number five Kitchener Avenue heralds the start of a new life for the Hope family For pregnant Miriam it is a warm safe environment to bring up her child For her sister fourteenyearold Barbara it means independence and boys And for Fred it provides the security he craves for his young family In the lead up to Christmas the Hopes settle in and start to make happy memories in their new home But World War II is round the corner and this carefree life cant last Soon the family are split up Bar wanting to do her bit for the war effort joins the ATS while Miriam and her children are evacuated to the countryside and away from her husband As the country is thrown into turmoil can the Hope family come back together and find the happiness they crave A Winter Hope is a heartwarming novel following two sisters from prewar to postwar their parallel stories filled with love and loss I found myself completely wrapped up with their experiences and shed a tear at the twists and turns of their lives Mollie Walton author of The Daughters of Ironbridge I have long been a fan of Sheila Newberrys novels I love their wonderful warmth and charm Maureen Lee bestselling author of The Seven Streets of LiverpoolReading a Sheila Newberry book is like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen You can feel the love and care put into every juicy morsel Diane Allen bestselling author of For the Sake of Her FamilyPreviously published as The Family at Number Five