Deutscher Titel: BrombeertageWährend des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurden viele junge Frauen für den Landeinsatz auf Bauernhöfen rekrutiert. So auch Ag, Stella und Prue auf einer Farm in Südwestengland. Während Friseurlehrling Prue gleich nach geeignetem männlichen Material zwecks amouröser Abenteuer u...
He gave each girl a peck on the cheek. His skin was scratchy, unshaven, his breath rank with tobacco, his eyes focused far from the present scene of departure. Joe was to drive them to the station in the old Wolseley. When he opened the passenger door, it was Stella who ch...
She said this with such pride it sounded like a boast. For years I’d no idea what she meant, but I would nod in agreement as my mother was someone who didn’t like to be contradicted. Now I know what it means, I’m afraid I might have inherited that same nervous disposition. ...
Better, she thought, to witness the whole thing with a clear mind than through an unreal calm induced by pills. If a tear should come to her eye – why, that was the prerogative of every bride’s mother. Few people would see and those who did might understand. When she had taken her decision Mrs He...