Victory for the East End Angels

by Rosie Hendry

World War II brought three different young women together. This 4 part book series focuses on LAAS Station Seventy-Five in London’s East End. Winnie, Frankie and Bella soon realize that they’ll need each other if they’re to get through the days ahead. Life and war keep testing the Angels. Will love find a way to shine and will the strength of these women’s friendship see them through the darkest of time? Book four in the series bring the hope of the end of the war.

Victory for the East End Angels- About the Book

The war is almost over – and it’s up to the East End Angels to keep the home fires burning! Frankie‘s fiance, a doctor, is away looking after the troops in Europe – will he return safely home? Winnie has a happy secret – but can she carry on at Station 75 when she’s going to have a baby? Bella is intrigued by her new friend, a Polish airman.

As the war ends and victory is in sight, what next for the girls of Station 75?
A gorgeously uplifting saga for fans of Ellie Dean and Donna Douglas

JENA’S REVIEW

Victory for the East End Angels by Rosie Hendry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“To always being friends, no matter where we are or what we do.”

Winnie, Frankie, and Bella’s journey as East End Angels ends in this fourth book of the East End Angels series. Their time together began in 1939. Together, they faced many challenges through the years as part of an ambulance station crew as the bombs rained down in London. What happens to them as the end of World War II finally nears? The long-awaited peace brings joy, and also changes.

Author Rosie Hendry has once again given us a sweet and intimate picture of these young women who chose to volunteer and serve their country. I enjoyed reading about their everyday lives, as they dealt with family, relationships shattered by the war, and food shortages. The girls shared happy times at the cinema or dance halls, and they also supported each other during heroic moments as they faced the danger of bombs, “doodlebugs” and V2 rockets.

There are many other wonderful and familiar characters in this book, Station Officer Violet Steele, Rose, Sparky, Mrs. Connelly the stationhouse cook, and of course, the little dog Trixie. The author does a wonderful job of writing short chapters that deftly flow from one character to another. We worry with the girls when they receive bad news and we rejoice when they share happy moments, such as at weddings or celebrating a New Year that will hopefully ring in peace.

We learn that the war had brought horrible moments, but good had come to the Angels, too. One of the best things to happen at Station 75 was the mixing of society as varied people came to work together, from East End factory girls to debutantes. Everyone had to learn to work together. And now Winnie, Frankie and Bella grew up and must decide what to do next as a new era begins.

I enjoyed this series. I loved that the author fixed a spotlight on an interesting and unsung part of the war. My only small quibble with book 4 is that except for Poland, very little mention is given to the other Allies who fought to free Fortress Europe.

Thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK and Sphere publishing for an ARC. This is my honest review.

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Author Bio – Rosie Hendry lives by the sea in Norfolk with her husband, two children, chickens and a snake. She’s worked in a variety of jobs from fruit picking, waitressing, teaching and as a research scientist but has always loving reading and writing. Starting off writing short stories for women’s magazines, her stories have gradually become longer as her children have grown bigger.

Listening to her father’s tales of life during the Second World War sparked Rosie’s interest in this period and she’s especially intrigued by how women’s lives changed during the war years. She loves researching further, searching out gems of real-life events which inspire her writing.

When she’s not working, Rosie enjoys walking along the beach, reading and is grateful for the fact that her husband is a much better cook than her.

Website: www.rosiehendry.com
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