The daughter of Victory lights

Resource Information

The work The daughter of Victory lights represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The daughter of Victory lights

Statement of responsibility

Kerri Turner

Creator

• Turner, Kerri

Author

• Turner, Kerri

Subject

• Historical fiction
• London (England) -- Fiction
• Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- England | London -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Orphans -- Fiction
• Single women -- Fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Women dancers -- Fiction
• Unmarried mothers -- Fiction
• Family secrets -- Fiction

Genre

• Historical fiction
• Fiction
• Domestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"1945: After the thrill and danger of volunteering in an allfemale searchlight regiment protecting Londoners from German bombers overhead, Evelyn Bell is secretly dismayed to be sent back her rigid domestic life when the war is over. But then she comes across a secret nighttime show, hidden from the law on a boat in the middle of the Thames. Entranced by the risque and lively performance, she grabs the opportunity to join the misfit crew and escape her dreary future. At first the Victory travels from port to port to raucous applause, but as the shows get bigger and bigger, so too does the risks the performers are driven to take, as well as the growing emotional complications among the crew. Until one desperate night ...1963: Lucy, an unloved and unwanted little girl, is rescued by a mysterious stranger who says he knows her mother. On the Isle of Wight, Lucy is welcomed into an eclectic family of experformers. She is showered with kindness and love, but gradually it becomes clear that there are secrets they refuse to share. Who is Evelyn Bell?"

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult