Lavender Road

6 primary works

Lavender Road

by Helen Carey

Published 9 February 1995

London at war - set in 1939 and 1940, Lavender Road follows the entwined lives of the women who live in one South London street during World War 2. Lavender Road boasts a pawnbroker, a pub, two rows of terraced working class homes, and, at one end, the big house owned by the local brewer. When war breaks out, the lives and fortunes of the families who live in Lavender Road are changed out of all recognition. For Joyce, it means a struggle to keep food on the family table; for Jen it may mean the end of her dream to become an actress; and for Pam, there is the sickening seesaw of emotions as she fights attraction to her handsome lodger and a growing distance from a husband who is judged not fit to enlist.

Some Sunny Day

by Helen Carey

Published 19 February 1996

Set in South London at the time of the blitz this warm and touching saga centres on the families that live there.

On a Wing and a Prayer

by Helen Carey

Published 15 September 1997

Contiuing the Lavender Road saga of ordinary people surviving an extraordinary war, On a Wing and a Prayer tells in particular Helen's story of a girl confronted by the ultimate choice, between her country and the man she loves. Her compelling story is contrasted with the very different, but equally intense experiences of those left behind on the home front.

London Calling

by Helen Carey

Published 25 February 2016

LONDON CALLING is a poignant, warm-hearted and engaging saga of Clapham, south London's women during the Second World War, for readers of Kate Thompson, Annie Murray and Katie Flynn.

It will take more than Hitler's Luftwaffe to break the spirit of the residents of Lavender Road. If courage and resilience could win wars, the conflict would already be over.

It's not all harmony, though. Nurse Molly Coogan and would-be actress Jen Carter certainly don't see eye to eye. Molly, despite hating the discipline of wartime hospital life, is unimpressed by Jen's prima donna ways. Jen, unaware of Molly's secret heartache, can't resist taking her own frustrations out on Molly. It's just as well that no one knows what challenges lie ahead...

From stolen glasses in the Flag and Garter to fancy dinners in the heart of the West End, from a desperate battle for survival on a hospital ward to a torpedo hitting its target in the Mediterranean Sea, LONDON CALLING takes readers into a world of ordinary people living extraordinary lives.

The Other Side of the Street

by Helen Carey

Published 1 May 2017

Victory Girls

by Helen Carey

Published 1 May 2018