Poppy day
Annie Murray2000

Jessica Hart's happy chilhood as the daughter of a country blacksmith is changed for ever by the sudden death of her mother. Her grief-stricken father leaves her to cope with her loss alone.
It is her manipulative new stepmother who tries to force her into marring an older man. To bright, pretty Jess the idea of a loveless marriage is unthinkable and so she escapes to Birmingham to her aunt Olive-The last remaining connection to her mother.
But it soon becomes apparent that in the shadows of Oliver's family there are haunting secrets of which no one will speak. And Jess's security is threathened when she falls passionately in love. For handsome Ned Green is not only already married, but also to bacome a father any day...
Annie Murray's uplifting saga set during the great war is a moving story of love rememberance and ultimately of healing.