All Shadows Fly Away — Audrey Willsher

Fifteen-year-old Frances Henderson is forever in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Kitty. At a street party for George V's Silver Jubilee, she meets Andrew, but then he catches sight of glamorous Kitty and Frances turns to Aunt Gloria for reassurance. Gloria recognises that Frances has a rare gift - a seductive, audience-pulling voice which will eventually take Frances far from the dancehalls of the East End whilst Kitty discovers to her cost that loving takes no account of plans and ambitions. The sisters' rivalry continues through the Second World war as their lives interweave, through tragedy and betrayal... "Audrey Willsher writes with great warmth and imagination, evoking..." - Iris Gower