Sisters in love, a family at war and a city in peril are the main components in this compelling new novel from one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling writers of regional sagas. When war is declared in 1939, the Sylvester sisters must face the hardships together and huge changes in their lives are inevitable. For Rose there is the chance to fulfil her dream of becoming a clippie on Sheffield's trams, like her older sister. But for Myrtle, the clever one in the family, war may shatter her ambitions...