Celebrating the heros and sheroes of WW2
Based on the real stories of love and loss, of spirit
and camaraderie experienced by thousands of
women who bravely supported the war effort from
the home front
Books by SAMANTHA MICHAELS
Meet The Biscuit Tin Secrets Club
It’s 1944 and ROSIE, IDA, PEGGY, PHYLLIS, VIVIAN and NORMA are working in a parachute factory in London. The importance of their work is starkly reinforced when a bloodied chute that failed to open is spread before them for examination.
The image of loss sparks a reaction from all of them but especially for ROSIE, whose secrets from the past come back to haunt her. As they console each other with a rare treat of the day, a tin of precious biscuits, they each agree to keep their mementoes and secrets safe in their own tin – and The BISCUIT TIN SECRETS CLUB is born.
Those secrets are kept hidden for over 50 years and discovered one by one, by the families of the women – and as each is revealed, so are the heroics, heartache, hardship and enduring spirit of a group of women whose lives are forever changed by a world torn apart by war.
It’s 1944 and ROSIE, IDA, PEGGY, PHYLLIS, VIVIAN and NORMA are working in a parachute factory in London. The importance of their work is starkly reinforced when a bloodied chute that failed to open is spread before them for examination.
The image of loss sparks a reaction from all of them but especially for ROSIE, whose secrets from the past come back to haunt her. As they console each other with a rare treat of the day, a tin of precious biscuits, they each agree to keep their mementoes and secrets safe in their own tin – and The BISCUIT TIN SECRETS CLUB is born.
Those secrets are kept hidden for over 50 years and discovered one by one, by the families of the women – and as each is revealed, so are the heroics, heartache, hardship and enduring spirit of a group of women whose lives are forever changed by a world torn apart by war.
ROSIE
First Love
When Rosie sees the Ginger Biscuit in Peggy’s gift tin, the memories of her own ‘Ginger Nut’ and the joy of first love come flooding back.
Read Rosie’s story as her granddaughter Suzy finds the love letters she shared in the Biscuit Tin she keeps hidden away – and embarks on a journey to reveal the secrets of the past, healing Rosie’s heart and her own.
VIVIAN
Loving The Enemy
As Vivian listens to the girls in the parachute factory, her mind is on the baby secretly growing inside her and the mix of sadness and joy it brings.
Over half a century later, Faith finds out about the Gandmother she never knew and the challenges she faced over a forbidden love that changed her life forever.
NORMA
Shades of Love
Fun loving and curious, Norma’s a good time girl but also naive. When she plays on the wild side, the consequences are felt for generations.
60 years on and Jody struggles to look after a frail Norma, now in her 90’s and desperate to reveal her war secrets before it’s too late. The revelations bring shock but also closure and peace.
PEGGY
Love not Blood
Peggy’s a firecracker! A bundle of bubbly energy and a magnet for mayhem. War brings out the best and the worst and Peggy expereinces both at full tilt
As Peggy lays on her deathbead, she drops a bombshell – one she’s been keeping a secret all for more years than she can remember – and her daughter Laura learns a difficult truth.
IDA
Secret Love
Ida is an enigma. Intelligent, quiet and serious, she keeps herself on the edge – hiding the truth about herself. Her lonely existance brings her a challenge – one she must never reveal.
Isolated and secretive, as she reaches her 70’s, Ida still hides herself away. But curious nephews find her biscuit tin and start to unravel the code she has portected for so long
PHYLLIS
Love Yourself
The matriarch, Phyllis looks after the Biscuit Tin Girls. After the war, she faces the reality of a son she cares deeply for, but whose needs have been beyond her.
Maxine meets Phyllis in a care home 50+ years later, mistaking her for a resident. She finds out Phyllis is a volunteer and has spent her life helping hundreds of children like her own.
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