The cover of this novel looks like a romance novel and on the surface the target audience for this book is probably women but don't let this fool you this is a quality novel that is a slice of life about living in Liverpool during one week of constant bombing by the Nazis during WWII.

The characters in this book are well drawn...not only the three main female characters but also all the support characters...male included. There is no male bashing in the book. I really felt what it was like to live through bombing raids in England.

This book is a character study of individuals trying to survive a week of bombing. The scenarios are well crafted, believable and gripping in many cases.

I will source out other books by Helen Forrester. This was a quick read but very satisfying. ( )

A fast-moving plot, lots of war action, but none of this can rescue a thin plot that doesn't offer any sustenance to the reader who reads to the end. ( )

Wonderful book - couldn't put it down.

Back Cover Blurb:
Liverpool, May 1941. The worst week of the Blitz. An extraordinary story of three brave women, each trying in her own way to deal with the brutal tide of destruction brought on by the air raids of the Second World War. There is Ellen - whose home is destroyed by bombs; Gwen, whose family aborbs all her time and energy; and Emmie, whose only fears are for the safety of her merchant seaman fiance, far away in the South Atlantic. None of them are prepared for what will follow, when the air raid siren sounded for the first time on 1st May 1941. ( )