The Grantley Saga Volume 1
(2013)(A book in the Grantley Saga series)
An omnibus of novels by Steve Hayes
AT LAST! THE REMARKABLE, BEST-SELLING GRANTLEY SAGA AVAILABLE IN TWO LOW-PRICED OMNIBUS EDITIONS!
TO SET THE SCENE - Meet the Grantleys ... Mimi, who sacrificed wealth and family to marry the man of her dreams; and Carl, who took his young wife and baby son to America, where he hoped - in vain - to become a matinee idol. And their children, devil-may-care Roger, chorus girl Elaine, and young Eric, whose childhood was to be overshadowed by a war of worldwide proportions.
THE HEART GROWS FONDER - Even though the world now stands on the brink of war, the Grantley family have their own problems to face. For Mimi and her youngest son, Eric, it's the heartbreak of separation when Eric is evacuated to Hastings. Roger, meanwhile, has his dreams of enlisting in the R.A.F. shattered ... and then has to face the unpleasant consequences. Chorus-girl Elaine encounters professional jealousy at the theatre, and patriarch Carl can only watch on, bed-ridden by illness, and descend ever deeper into depression and self-loathing.
OF LOVE AND LOSS - Mimi Grantley had decided that a holiday in Rottingdean was just the thing she and her youngest son, Eric, needed to lift their spirits. But the holiday was also destined to mark Eric's passage from boy to man, and break his heart in the process. Mimi had hoped that their seaside surroundings would help them forget the war, at least for a while. But as they were soon to discover, the war had no intention of forgetting about them ...
HOME FIRES BURNING - Unable to forget the tragic way their holiday in Rottingdean ended, Mimi Grantley and her youngest son, Eric, have a new challenge to face - the Blitz. Night after night the air-raids turn their world upside-down. By night it is Eric's worst nightmare, but by day it provides him with an endless procession of bombed houses to explore. Only Jennifer, Eric's next-door neighbour, seems to fully appreciate the horror of what is happening to them and their country. It's a lesson Eric is about to learn the hard way.
Genre: Sagas
TO SET THE SCENE - Meet the Grantleys ... Mimi, who sacrificed wealth and family to marry the man of her dreams; and Carl, who took his young wife and baby son to America, where he hoped - in vain - to become a matinee idol. And their children, devil-may-care Roger, chorus girl Elaine, and young Eric, whose childhood was to be overshadowed by a war of worldwide proportions.
THE HEART GROWS FONDER - Even though the world now stands on the brink of war, the Grantley family have their own problems to face. For Mimi and her youngest son, Eric, it's the heartbreak of separation when Eric is evacuated to Hastings. Roger, meanwhile, has his dreams of enlisting in the R.A.F. shattered ... and then has to face the unpleasant consequences. Chorus-girl Elaine encounters professional jealousy at the theatre, and patriarch Carl can only watch on, bed-ridden by illness, and descend ever deeper into depression and self-loathing.
OF LOVE AND LOSS - Mimi Grantley had decided that a holiday in Rottingdean was just the thing she and her youngest son, Eric, needed to lift their spirits. But the holiday was also destined to mark Eric's passage from boy to man, and break his heart in the process. Mimi had hoped that their seaside surroundings would help them forget the war, at least for a while. But as they were soon to discover, the war had no intention of forgetting about them ...
HOME FIRES BURNING - Unable to forget the tragic way their holiday in Rottingdean ended, Mimi Grantley and her youngest son, Eric, have a new challenge to face - the Blitz. Night after night the air-raids turn their world upside-down. By night it is Eric's worst nightmare, but by day it provides him with an endless procession of bombed houses to explore. Only Jennifer, Eric's next-door neighbour, seems to fully appreciate the horror of what is happening to them and their country. It's a lesson Eric is about to learn the hard way.
Genre: Sagas
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