The third in a series of books featuring four young women whose lives will be fo
rever changed by WWII. Rose Petrie is desperate to do something for the war effo
rt. Despite the daily hardships and the nightly bombing raids, her sister, Daisy
, and their friends all seem to be thriving in their war work. Rose is doing her
best down at the munitions factory, but she is dealt a blow when her childhood
sweetheart, Stan, tells her he doesn't feel the same way about her. Determined t
o get away and make a new start, Rosie decides to put her mechanical skills, lea
rned from her father and brothers, to good use and signs up for the Women's Auxi
liary Service, or ATS. But Rose discovers that delivering fruit and veg in her f
ather's greengrocer's van is very different to driving trucks for the army in a
country under seige.
