Bücher der Reihe Violet's War

1915: Violet Dobson is horrified when husband Billy signs up to fight for King and Country. Billy is already her hero - she doesn't need him to prove it. As Billy heads to France, Violet has her own battles to fight, living with Billy's mam and dad. To Violet's surprise, teaching her young son Tommy to play football proves a pleasure rather than a chore, but when she's invited to coach the women's team at work Violet's not so sure. In Billy's mam's opinion, nice women don't play football and married women certainly don't. Caught between her mother-in-law's old-fashioned views and her own love of the game, Violet is coming under growing pressure to play. The team is raising money for the military hospital. What if Billy was one of the wounded? As Violet takes to the pitch, Private Billy Dobson faces the enemy on the Western Front. Their problems are only just beginning. Will Billy ever come home from the war and see Violet play?

1916: Six months after being informed of Billy's death, Violet Dobson comes face to face with her injured husband. His body might be broken, but her love for him is not. Finding a way to make their life work won't be easy and, as they struggle to deal with the challenges, Vi needs the escape that playing football provides. Billy feels useless, not being able to do the things he could before. Coaching from the sidelines is helping to restore his confidence, but it's a long way from finding employment again.Vi works hard to provide for her family, kept going by her dream that the Billingbrook women's football team can win the cup. At every turn they seem destined to fail. As Vi battles her way through Billy's disabilities, the dangers of working in a munitions factory, the flu pandemic and redundancy, surely nothing else can go wrong?