A family united by war… divided by a terrible secret.
Goodnight Amy is moving wartime saga from Victor Pemberton that follows a troubled family as they face desertion and shocking secrets. Perfect for fans of Pam Evans and Dilly Court.
‘With so many novels using a war-time setting, it takes a special writer to ensure that his book stands out from the throng. Victor Pemberton is such a writer, and Goodnight Amy is a wonderfully detailed and involving study of a community surviving the destruction of war’ – Barry Forshaw
Agnes Dodds walked out of the small Islington house which she had called home, leaving her husband and four children, and disappeared into the streets of a London devastated by the Blitz. For her eldest daughter, Amy, there is no time to feel sorry; it is all she can do to hold the family together. With no mother and a father who is useless, Amy sees little hope for the future until she meets Tim Gudgeon. Tim, who is secretly in love with Amy, believes that he has seen Agnes. Suddenly Amy is full of determination to find Agnes and discover why she left. But Agnes took with her a secret strong enough to drive a mother from her children and one that Amy may wish she had never heard…
What readers are saying about Goodnight Amy:
‘A very good story – enjoyable, different [and] very down to earth‘
‘Enjoyable from start to finish’
‘Takes you back in time – five stars‘
Goodnight Amy is moving wartime saga from Victor Pemberton that follows a troubled family as they face desertion and shocking secrets. Perfect for fans of Pam Evans and Dilly Court.
‘With so many novels using a war-time setting, it takes a special writer to ensure that his book stands out from the throng. Victor Pemberton is such a writer, and Goodnight Amy is a wonderfully detailed and involving study of a community surviving the destruction of war’ – Barry Forshaw
Agnes Dodds walked out of the small Islington house which she had called home, leaving her husband and four children, and disappeared into the streets of a London devastated by the Blitz. For her eldest daughter, Amy, there is no time to feel sorry; it is all she can do to hold the family together. With no mother and a father who is useless, Amy sees little hope for the future until she meets Tim Gudgeon. Tim, who is secretly in love with Amy, believes that he has seen Agnes. Suddenly Amy is full of determination to find Agnes and discover why she left. But Agnes took with her a secret strong enough to drive a mother from her children and one that Amy may wish she had never heard…
What readers are saying about Goodnight Amy:
‘A very good story – enjoyable, different [and] very down to earth‘
‘Enjoyable from start to finish’
‘Takes you back in time – five stars‘
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Reviews
Praise for Victor Pemberton: Peopled with strong, sincere and appealing characters
An evocative tale
[Pemberton] knows how to please his waiting audience
Heart-warming saga of working class life
With so many novels using a war-time setting, it takes a special writer to ensure that his book stands out from the throng. Victor Pemberton is such a writer, and Goodnight Amy is a wonderfully detailed and involving study of a community surviving the destruction of war. Pemberton effortlessly creates the atmosphere of wartime London; his heroine is drawn with real affection, and his plotting is particularly sharp: he draws our attention away from the central mystery, only to make us share his heroine's determination to solve it when the time is right
A warm, poignant story