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Content levels
ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild
Trigger warnings
Death of ParentMass DeathWar
Positive tags
slow burnhealing archopeful ending
Tropes
Strangers to LoversSingle ParentSmall TownSlow BurnHEA (Happy Ever After)
Themes
Class DifferencesComing of AgeGrief and Losslove vs dutysacrifice
Synopsis
For Mary Bradshaw and her widowed mother, life is full of rationing, blackouts, and the wail of the air-raid siren. During the worst air raid Liverpool has ever suffered, fate deals Mary the first of many cruel blows it has in store for her. She is devastated as her whole world collapses.
Tags
British historical fictionSaga RomanceWorking-class dramaWWII fiction