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Content levels
ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild
Trigger warnings
warmass deathdeath of parent
Positive tags
slow burnhealing archopeful ending
Tropes
Strangers to LoversSingle ParentSmall TownSlow BurnHEA (Happy Ever After)
Themes
grieflove vs dutyclass strugglesacrificecoming of age
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
WWII fictionSaga romanceWorking-class dramaBritish historical fiction