A Winter Hope

A heartwarming wintery World War II story from the much-loved saga author

Sheila Everett, Sheila Newberry

• Publisher: Zaffre
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785761652
• Year: 2019

For fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, A Winter Hope is a heart-warming novel from the Queen of family saga, and author of The Winter Baby and The Nursemaid's Secret, Sheila Newberry.

All they want is a new home.

Number five Kitchener Avenue heralds the start of a new life for the Hope family. For pregnant Miriam it is a warm, safe environment to bring up her child. For her sister, fourteen-year-old Barbara, it means independence . . . and boys. And for Fred it provides the security he craves for his young family.

In the lead up to Christmas, the Hopes settle in, and start to make happy memories in their new home. But World War II is round the corner, and this carefree life can't last.

Soon the family are split up. Bar, wanting to do her bit for the war effort, joins the ATS, while Miriam and her children are evacuated to the countryside and away from her husband.

As the country is thrown into turmoil, can the Hope family come back together and find the happiness they crave?


'A Winter Hope is a heartwarming novel following two sisters from pre-war to post-war, their parallel stories filled with love and loss. I found myself completely wrapped up with their experiences and shed a tear at the twists and turns of their lives.' Mollie Walton, author of The Daughters of Ironbridge

'I have long been a fan of Sheila Newberry's novels. I love their wonderful warmth and charm.' Maureen Lee, bestselling author of The Seven Streets of Liverpool

'Reading a Sheila Newberry book is like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen. You can feel the love and care put into every juicy morsel' - Diane Allen, bestselling author of For the Sake of Her Family


Previously published as The Family at Number Five.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Dedication
• Part One: 1932–39
• Part Two: 1939–42
• Part Three: 1943–47
• Epilogue: 1957
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Welcome to the world of Sheila Newberry
• Meet Sheila Newberry
• A letter from the Author
• A Recipe for a Celebration Fruit Cake
• Don’t miss Sheila Newberry’s next book
• Memory Lane Club
• More from Sheila Newberry
• Other Memory Lane titles
• Copyright