Their Finest: A heart-warming, touching novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Lissa Evans

Feb 2009 · Random House

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'This funny, heart-warming and beautifully crafted novel is a must-read.' Daily Mail
'A beautifully written, minutely observed and researched, evocative and very funny tale.' Guardian
Now a major film starring Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy
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In a man's world, it's up to Catrin Cole to lift the spirits of a nation...
It's 1940. In a small advertising agency in Soho, Catrin writes snappy lines for Vida Elastic and So-Bee-Fee gravy browning. But the country is in peril, all skills are transferable and there's a place in the war effort for those who have a knack with words.
Catrin is conscripted into the world of propaganda films. After a short spell promoting the joy of swedes for the Ministry of Food, she finds herself writing dialogue alongside scriptwriter Tom Buckley, for a heart-warming but not-quite-true story of rescue and romance on the beaches of Dunkirk.
And as bombs start to fall on London, she discovers that there's just as much drama, comedy and love behind the scenes as there is in front of the camera . . .
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Readers are falling in love with Their Finest:

***** 'Delightful . . . Full of memorable characters and snappy dialogue'
***** 'Leaves a wonderful warm glow . . . I loved every minute of this story'
***** 'Funny, touching, and beautifully researched . . . so evocative'

Lissa Evans' new book V For Victory is OUT NOW

About the author

Lissa Evans has written books for both adults and children, including the bestselling Old Baggage, Their Finest Hour and a Half (filmed as Their Finest), Small Change for Stuart and Wed Wabbit, both shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and Small Bomb at Dimperley.