There are some things which even the closest friendship cannot survive .
. . Welcome Home is an enthralling and moving drama from bestselling
author Margaret Dickinson, set during the Second World War. Neighbors
Edie Kelsey and Lil Horton have been friends for over twenty years,
sharing the joys and sorrows of a tough life as the wives of fishermen
in Grimsby. So it was no surprise that their children were close and
that Edie's son, Frank, and Lil's daughter, Irene, would fall in love
and marry at a young age. But the declaration of war in 1939 changed
everything. Frank went off to fight, and Irene and baby, Tommy, along
with Edie's youngest son are sent to the countryside for safety. With
Edie's husband, Archie, fishing the dangerous waters in the North Sea
and daughter Beth in London doing "important war work", Edie's family is
torn apart. Friendship sustains Edie and Lil, but tragedy follows and
there's also concern that Beth seems to have disappeared. But it is
Irene's return, during the VE day celebrations, that sends shock waves
through the family and threatens to tear Edie and Lil's friendship apart
forever.
