The Emmerdale Girls

Kerry Bell

FOR forty-eight years, TV viewers have been tuning in to share all the drama, joys and heartbreaks of the residents of Beckindale, a village tucked away in the heart of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.

Emmerdale Farm, or Emmerdale as this hit ITV series is now known, is the nation’s second-longest-running television soap opera after Coronation Street, and still attracts millions of viewers every week.

And now this enthralling and nostalgic saga series, which explores the fictional lives of Emmerdale’s much-loved families during wartime, including favourites such as the Sugdens and the Dingles, is capturing the hearts and minds of readers with its compelling stories of community, friendship and love.

In The Emmerdale Girls, the fifth book in the much-loved series, the Second World War has reached the dark December days of 1944 and the hard-pressed families of Beckindale are trying their best to cope with life on the home front.

ENGROSSING STORY: Kerry Bell

The success of the D-Day landings earlier in the year has brought some hope to the village but, after five years of drama, change, tragedy and turmoil, many can’t believe that they are heading for yet another wartime Christmas.

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Against a backdrop of rationing, blackouts, evacuees and military training camps, the women of Emmerdale are navigating their own lives, loves and dreams and as the war draws to a close, they realise things will never be the same again. The Emmerdale girls are fast learning that things are rarely dull where love is concerned…

Just as in the TV series, family life is at the heart of this engrossing story as the personal dramas, passions, triumphs and disasters play out amidst all the anxieties and uncertainties of wartime in a tightly-knit village community.

Beautifully written and researched by Kerry Bell, the pseudonym for Kerry Barrett, author of contemporary and time-slip novels, and filled with warmth, real-life dramas, rich period detail and fascinating characters, this is the perfect Christmas gift for both Emmerdale and saga fans.
(Trapeze, hardback, £12.99)