Keep the Home Fires Burning - Anne Baker

It’s 1915 when young Cathy Tanner marries Rolf Gottfried, and she couldn’t be happier. An orphan, Cathy has always dreamt of becoming part of a real family. With Rolf by her side and his parents welcoming her into their Merseyside home, the future seems bright.

But there’s no escaping the war and, despite the pleas of his wife and his mother, Mildred, Rolf decides to enlist. Distraught at his departure, Mildred begins to resent the girl she feels has taken her own place in her son’s affections.

The discovery that she’s pregnant is a joyful one for Cathy. But the arrival of the baby coincides with the worst of news. Cathy faces tough times – and a dangerous rivalry with Mildred for her daughter’s love – as war continues to wreak its havoc. Is Cathy fated never to know the comfort and contentment that have always eluded her – or will there soon be a spark of hope on the horizon?