It's 1962 and Freda Scott and her five schoolmates are eager to embark on their life journeys. Madly..

Leith 1953: The war is over a young queen has been crowned and eighteen-year-old Kirsten Mowat is gl..

Polly Longden’s china-doll looks belie a strong and fiery personality. When typhoid strikes she ne..

Austria 1938. Anne von Korvacs watches in horror as Hitler's tanks roll through the streets of Vienn..

When 16-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast she is terrified by what lies ahead o..

Hilary Napier has had enough of secrets. The engagement party at the Barton is finally a chance for ..

Liverpool 1936. Molly Penelope Hardwick has been abandoned in Haisborough Orphanage. Desperate to di..

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

A body neatly wrapped in brown paper is found by the gardener Mr Turtle on his garden rubbish heap. ..

Bobbie Fraser Mary Holland and Jean Thornton are Atta Girls - part of the Air Transport Auxiliary te..

Evacuated to Lincolnshire from the East End Jenny Mercer is frightened of the wide open spaces and t..

Hetty Gilbert is a canal child with no permanent address so when she needs to join the library she c..

Three people all escaping harsh pasts come together in the Australian Bush. Irish Keara Michaels arr..

As if everyday life in London's slums wasn't hard enough for Jane Roberts and her three children the..

Nurse Marie Larsen has grown used to the challenges of keeping Hull Royal Infirmary running during t..