Hettie of Hope Street

Hettie of Hope Street
Annie Groves

A breathtaking tale set of one girl’s determination to triumph against the odds. From the bestselling author of Child of the Mersey and Home For Christmas.Hettie is an orphan, taken in by Ellie Pride and her husband to their Preston home and treated as one of the family. But she has never felt she truly belonged.Hettie has a special gift – a beautiful singing voice – and on the cusp of womanhood, she makes a choice that will alter the course of her life. Amid the bright lights of Liverpool, she will follow her dreams.But once there, the only way to survive is working in the kitchens of a restaurant. Until, by chance, she is heard singing by the owner…Whisked to London, Hettie is thrown into a theatrical and colourful world but one with a dark side, its young inhabitants haunted by the horror of the First World War, and stalked by the fear of the Depression to come.Then tragedy strikes, and Hettie must decide between her heart and her head, her duty and her desire…

Hettie of Hope Street

Annie Groves

To my father who we all loved and miss so much. (#ud0335723-2765-5e51-b792-cc9e28a7d16b)

Thank you for being you, Dad.

Table of Contents

Cover page (#u8c75395f-c4d4-5b07-a5ae-2f7742104aec)

Title page (#u4b3f97fd-f886-578f-ac5b-4d35dbbfc696)

Dedication (#ue9a58446-3f58-577b-9d1b-0b724dd1c2a0)

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