To immerse yourself in a poignant historical tale, read the Woolworths Girl's Promise by Elaine Everest. This novel follows Betty Billington after losing her fiancé at Ypres. It is a British saga set in Kent during World War I.
The Woolworth Girl's Promise is the heart warming eighth novel in Elaine Everest's bestselling Woolworths series that follows the turbulent life of a much-loved Woolworths girl. After losing her beloved fiance at Ypres in 1917, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Billington faces a lonely future estranged from her upper-class parents due to her association with Charlie Sayers and his working-class family. No longer able to live under her parents' roof she is taken in by Charlie's father, escaping the suffocating demands of her parents. Betty soon learns all too well about the realities of life after an accident at the Woolwich Arsenal munitions works. Spotting an advertisement for a nearby job at Woolworths, Betty starts on a new and thrilling journey - starting at the bottom of the employment ladder in the well-known store. Her work journey leads her to Ramsgate in Kent to work in a newly-built store and with this comes the chance of marriage. But can she ever forget Charlie and the promise she made to him . . . ? Read this exciting early chapter in the life of well-known Betty Billington and follow her journey before she arrives at the Erith store - and meets fellow Woolworths Girls in 1938, as war is again on the horizon . . .
Elaine Everest, author of bestselling novels The Woolworths Girls, The Butlins Girls, Christmas at Woolworths and The Teashop Girls, was born and brought up in north-west Kent, where many of her books are set. She has been a freelance writer for twenty-five years and has written widely for women's magazines and national newspapers, both short stories and features. Her non-fiction books for dog owners have been very popular and led to her broadcasting on radio about our four-legged friends. Elaine has been heard discussing many topics on radio, from canine subjects to living with a husband under her feet when redundancy looms.
