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Letters to Alice

Letters to Alice

Historical FictionRomance
Pages
352
Published
2015
Language
English

Synopsis

Bristol, 1941: Alice Watts leaves the shell-shocked city for her new life as a Land Girl on Home Farm. It's completely different from her quiet old world, but she's determined to do her part. The back-breaking work is made bearable with help from her two new friends — bold, outspoken Fay and quiet, guarded Evie — and the letters that arrive from her childhood friend, Sam.

To Alice, Sam was always more than just a friend, but as the son of her wealthy employer, she never dared dream he could be more. At least every letter brings reassurance that he's still alive and fighting on the frontline — because it's when all goes quiet on the letter front that nothing seems certain, and a reminder of how life, and hearts, are so fragile.

Book one of The Land Girls of Home Farm series.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

EmotionalHopefulNostalgic
Epistolary

Genres

Historical Fiction Romance

About the author

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Rosie James

Rosie James was born in Bristol of Welsh parentage and lived in Somerset, England. A trained singer — a lyric coloratura soprano who performed in opera, operetta and oratorio — she was also a lifelong, compulsive writer, publishing articles, short stories and romantic sagas. She is the author of the Land Girls of Home Farm series, which opens with Letters to Alice, as well as Lexi's War and The War Girls. Rosie James died in March 2021, shortly after The War Girls was published.

Characters

Alice WattsProtagonist

A young woman who becomes a Land Girl on Home Farm during WWII.

FaySupporting

Bold, outspoken fellow Land Girl and friend of Alice.

EvieSupporting

Quiet, guarded fellow Land Girl and friend of Alice.

SamSupporting

Alice's childhood friend and son of her wealthy employer, fighting on the frontline.

All characters in Letters to Alice