PAINT ON THE SMILES — Grace Thompson

South Wales, 1938.Summer has arrived in the beautiful coastal corner of south Wales where for Cecily and Ada Owen business is booming. Holidaymakers are beginning to arrive and the cafés, tea stalls and shops lining the Pleasure Beach are clamouring to place orders with the Owen sisters' shop.But clouds are gathering on the horizon. War is looming and Ada's husband, Phil, is released from prison. Phil's arrest humiliated Ada and made the ugly sisters the subject of local gossip.Phil is still a dangerous crook and Ada no longer recognizes the man she married. Meanwhile, Myfanwy is harbouring unspoken resentments - towards the mother who so long denied her - and is planning a cruel revenge.Can the Owen sisters survive what's coming their way and celebrate the end of the war with hope in their hearts?