TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,Kate TI - Secrets of the sewing bee SN - 9780750543545 PY - 2017/// CY - Long Preston PB - Magna KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - England KW - London KW - Fiction KW - Working class women KW - Female friendship KW - East End (London, England) KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Domestic fiction KW - gsafd KW - Large type books KW - lcsh N1 - Adult N2 - Orphan Flossy Brown arrives at Trout's garment factory in Bethnal Green amidst the uncertainty of the Second World War. In 1940s London, each cobbled street is strewn with ghosts of soldiers past, all struggling to make ends meet. Dolly Doolaney, darling of the East End, and infamous tea lady, gives her a particularly warm welcome and helps Flossy settle into wartime life. Dolly sets up a sewing circle and the ladies arm themselves with their needles and set about stitching their way to victory. But when the full force of the Blitz rains down on London, the women of the sewing bee are forced to bear unimaginable horrors. UR - http://www.ulverscroft.com/images/thumbs/9780750543545.jpg ER -