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Jenny’s War
Evacuated to Lincolnshire from the East End, Jenny Mercer is frightened of the wide open spaces and the huge skies. But the kindly Thornton family soon makes her feel welcome. And no one more so than Georgie, the handsome RAF fighter pilot. When Georgie is posted missing, presumed dead, Jenny is devastated. More heartbreak is to come when Jenny’s mother Dot decides she wants her daughter home. Dot’s “fancy man”, Arthur Osborne, treats Jenny kindly. But is Arthur only interested in the girl because she can be useful to him? All Jenny really wants is to go back to Lincolnshire. For Jenny has never given up hope that one day, Georgie will come back.
Jenny Lund Madsen
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A Family’s Heartbreak
When Jenny’s mother abandons her and her younger siblings, she is left at the mercy of her abusive father, Henry. And when Henry beats her so badly that she ends up in the hospital, it seems like there’s nowhere left for them all to go. But carpenter Craig has fallen head over heels for Jenny, and he offers her a place to stay. Happy at last, Jenny begins a new life with him, but when tragedy strikes, she’s left to pick up the pieces of both her broken home – and her broken heart. Desperately trying to make ends meet, Jenny is alone and working round the clock. Will she ever be able to give her siblings the happy home they deserve? Or is the worst yet to come…
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Bristol 1936 Jenny Crawford has resigned herself to a loveless marriage living hand to mouth with their two children. Like many others, husband Roy struggles to find work at the docks but a chance encounter turns his outlook and the family’s fortunes around. Not only does he get regular work but they are also allocated a council house on Coronation Close on the outskirts of the city. Jenny and the children are overjoyed, this is the fresh start she could only ever dream of. But trouble feels never too far away. With Roy spending more time with Sir Oswald Molsey bullying black shirts, Jenny is left to her own devices and eager to fit in begins to make new friends. Thankful of peace, Jenny has her head turned firstly by an old love and then by her knight in shining armour. Does she allow herself to glimpse a chance of happiness? Whatever happens the consequences could be dire if Roy ever finds out.
Jenny Alone
After the sudden and brutal breakdown of her marriage, Jenny finds herself alone for the first time in her life when she leaves the comfortable farmhouse with her four-year-old daughter. Taking refuge in a seaside town in North Wales, Jenny finds a room in a boarding house. It s difficult at first, but as she gets to know her fellow residents, she gradually begins to see that life has much more to offer than she could ever have dreamed. And when she meets Bill, the owner of the local coffee bar, she finally understands that she is far happier now, living on her own, than she ever was when she was married.
Jenny Moore
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Vigilante
Jenny Pepper manages a charity bookshop and looks after her husband and daughter – but it feels like something is missing in her life. An invitation to a fancy dress party sparks her interest, and she decides to go as a female superhero. On her way to the party she stumbles across a woman being mugged, and she intervenes. Feeling an adrenalin rush and a sense of satisfaction, Jenny wants to do it again – to right wrongs and fight for justice. The masked mystery woman catches the imagination of the public and the press; and backed up by self-defence classes and basic common sense, Jenny soon becomes a local legend. But can she incorporate what she has learned into her everyday life, rather than throwing it all away – the good as well as the bad?
The Chimney Sweep’s Sister
Orphaned Jenny and her chimney sweep brother Noah eke out life in a cellar dwelling in the heart of the slums. Noah is the main breadwinner, but he is treated horribly by his master. Worried for her brother’s safety and health, Jenny resolves to put her talent for singing to good use and begins trawling the low inns and taverns at night entertaining the punters. When she catches the attention of a music hall manager and is offered a spot on the stage, it seems like a dream come true. But her newfound success can’t include her brother. Will Jenny choose Noah over the bright lights of the theatre? And will he want her to?
