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Elaine Everest - A Gift From Woolworths Book Review

Hi all, I was very lucky to be invited to join in my very first book tour last year for the latest book in the Woolworth's Girls series, and it was a lot of fun to send in my questions, and read everyone else's posts. You can read my stop on the blog tour HERE . I was also kindly gifted the book to review as well, and have finally got around to putting my pen to paper and writing a review. One of the first things that struck me about this novel, having read the other books in the series, was the marked change in tone and mood within the characters. They are no longer fearful of war, they are fearful of life when the war ends, and the changes that will bring. It's quite an intense piece of writing that really brings home how the female characters adjusted to life in wartime, and their new found independence, and work home/life. What's also interesting, is the contrast between the characters that seem to embrace change and look forward to moving on, and those wh