Keep Safe For Me: a powerfully moving, compulsive and heart-wrenching wartime saga set in London’s East End

Patricia Burns

Feb 2012 · Random House

About this ebook

Let much loved author Patricia Burns transport you to the East End of yesteryear in this saga of one woman's search for love amidst the perils of war. Fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Josephine Cox will not be disappointed...

'The authentic flavour of the East-End... compelling...A very good read' -- Harry Bowling
'A truly riveting romantic saga' - Loving
'One of the best stories I have read in a while' -- ***** Reader review
'Loved it from start to end.Gripped all way through' -- ***** Reader review
'[A] brilliant moving story' -- ***** Reader review

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AS BOMBS CONTINUE TO FALL ON LONDON, WILL SHE BE ABLE TO FIND HAPPINESS?

1941: Like anyone else in London during the war, Rita Johnson never knows whether her house on Trinidad Street will still be there when she gets home. Times are uncertain and unsettling, yet one thing remains constant - the interlocking loyalties of the families and their friends who live on the street.

The bombing of London brings the best in the residents: courage and devotion, and the stubborn resistance needed to cock a snoop at Hitler.

Yet amidst all of this 'Blitz-spirit', Rita feels like something is missing - trapped in a loveless marriage, she yearns for more. So when she meets RAF navigator Jack Wilkinson, walking arm in arm with her sister Lily, she falls for him, head over heels.

But he is a man she cannot love - will she be able to find a way forward?

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About the author

Patricia Burns was born in Essex. After a childhood spent messing about on boats, she tried a variety of jobs riveting plugs to serving in shops to market research. She then decided to train as a teacher, which she now combines with writing novels. In her rare spare time she enjoys lazing in the garden and entertaining friends, with the occasional bout of skiing, rock climbing and Egyptian Raqs and Sharki dancing. She is now very happily single and skill lives in Essex with her three children, a cat and delinquent tortoise.