Annie Groves
Annie Groves is the pen name of Jenny Shaw.
For many years, Jenny lived in the East End of London, and is fascinated by its history.
Annie Groves was originally created by the much-loved writer Penny Halsall, who died in 2011. The stories drew on her own family's history, picked up from listening to her grandmother's stories when she was a child. Jenny Shaw has been a big fan for many years of the wonderful novels created by Penny, and feels privileged to have been asked to continue her legacy
Latest book: Secrets for the Three Sisters, published by HarperCollins
It’s autumn 1940 and the Blitz has cast its shadow over London. Everyone is doing their bit to help, including the three Harrison sisters of the East End’s Victory Walk.
Nurse Rose is snowed under in the hospital tending to victims of the bombings. Her sister Clover is on active duty on the south coast, while the baby of the family, Daisy, is growing up quickly working on the London Underground, now that thousands of people
are taking shelter down below.
Even in wartime, the sisters find time for a wedding, but the bride is keeping a secret, which threatens to come to light. Can the three sisters stick together, for each other, and for King and Country?
The Three Sisters of Victory Walk, published by HarperCollins 2022, £7.99
The three sisters are going to do their bit.
It's 1939 and Rose, Clover and Daisy are the chestnut-haired sisters of the loving Harrison family from Victory Walk, in London's East End.
Eldest daughter, level-headed-Rose, has flown the nest. Life in a busy hospital doesn't leave much time for romance, and it would take someone very special to turn her head.
Clover and Daisy still squabble, but as the clouds of war gather, it's time to grow up. Clover volunteers for the women's auxiliary service, while Daisy, the youngest, refuses to be treated like a child any more, and seizes her chance to get involved.
For the Harrison sisters, family is more important than ever. Can they stand strong and face the war together?
Also by Annie Groves: The District Nurses series
The District Nurses of Victory Walk
Christmas for the District Nurses
Wartime for the District Nurses
A Gift for the District Nurses
The District Nurses Make a Wish
