Pack Up Your Troubles by British author Pam Weaver is her historical personal friendship and family secrets drama novel with some romantic elements set in the aftermath of VE-Day in England, as two trainee nurses from feuding families become close friends despite the family secrets which threaten to tear them apart as they try to build new relationships, free courtesy of publisher HarperCollins' UK Avon imprint.
According to the reviews, this has a strong emphasis on mother/daughter relationships, if that's something of especial interest to you.
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Description
Connie and Eva are best friends but their families are the worst of enemies…
During the VE Day celebrations, two women meet completely by chance. As Connie and Eva talk they discover they are from feuding families, the Maxwells and the Dixons. But when they both begin nurses’ training, they can’t deny their natural bond of friendship and become more like sisters.
Their lives intertwine as Connie starts courting Eva’s brother, Roger, a bomb disposal expert. In her heart, Connie holds a torch for local artist and freespirit Eugene, but a dark memory from her past makes her wary of trusting any man.
The two women are determined to uncover the secrets that have plagued them and kept the two families at war for so long. But can their friendship survive the shocking truth?
A moving family drama for fans of Maureen Lee and Katie Flynn.