The Apple of Her Eye: The Tragedy of War Unites Two London Families by Pamela Evans - Fiction - Paperback

Details. Condition: Brand New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781472219275. Publisher: Headline. Genre: Fiction / Family Saga. Overview. Set in the spring of 1945, as London edges from wartime survival towards an uncertain peace, this family saga follows two neighbouring households whose lives collide after a direct hit destroys their local pub in Chiswick. April Green turns to her father's neglected allotment to work through grief, while Winnie Benson keeps the family greengrocer's running single-handed. When George returns home from the Merchant Navy, fresh produce, quiet kindness and unexpected romance begin to take root between the two families.. About the Book. Pamela Evans has built a loyal following for warm, character-driven sagas set in twentieth-century London, and The Apple of Her Eye shows her gift for blending hardship with hope. The story opens in the final uneasy months of the Second World War, when a bombing raid levels the local pub in Chiswick, leaving cousins April and Heather to reckon with loss far heavier than ration books can explain. April finds solace in her father's overgrown allotment, discovering a passion for growing vegetables and a steady rhythm in tending soil and seed. Nearby, Winnie Benson shoulders a burden of her own: with her husband confined to a wheelchair and her son away with the Merchant Navy, she keeps the family greengrocer's open through shortages and long days. When peace finally arrives, rationing and scarce supplies linger, and patie...