Rachel Booker has had a difficult start in life. When her father dies, deep in gambling debt, it's up to her mother to make ends meet. Hardened by the daily struggle, she has little time left for affection or warmth. Mother and daughter work together at Birmingham's Rag Market, selling second-hand clothes to put a little food on the table.

There is a silver lining as Rachel makes her first childhood friend, Danny, at the market. As they grow older, friendship blossoms into something more, and their innocent romance gives Rachel the love she's always craved. But at the tender age of sixteen, Rachel falls pregnant just as World War Two breaks out. The young couple marry in haste but it isn't long before Danny is called up.

Left on the home front with a new baby and little else, Rachel must scrape by with the other residents of Aston. But if Danny ever makes it back, will he be the same boy she loved so fiercely? And if Rachel can sustain the family until then, will she end up as hard-hearted as her own mother?

War Babies is a moving and insightful novel about life on the home front and how the Second World War changed the lives of everyone it touched . . .

Praise for Annie Murray 'Annie Murray's superbly drawn characters will live with you long after you have finished reading' Margaret Dickinson

'This heart-warming story is a gripping read, full of drama, love and compassion' Take a Break

'A tale of passion and empathy which will keep you hooked' Woman's Own