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The Woolworths Girl's Promise

Elaine Everest author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:16th Mar '23

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The eighth instalment in bestselling author Elaine Everest's Woolworths series.

The eighth instalment in bestselling author Elaine Everest’s Woolworths series.

The Woolworth Girls Promiseis the eighth heart-warming novel in Elaine Everest’s bestselling Woolworths series that follows the turbulent life of a much-loved girl working in the iconic shop.

'A warm, tender tale of friendship and love' – Milly Johnson on The Woolworth Girls


Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Billington faces a lonely future. Her beloved fiancé lost at Ypres in 1917, she is now estranged from her upper-class parents due to her association with Charlie Sayers and his working-class family.

Spotting an advertisement for a nearby job at Woolworths, Betty starts on a new and thrilling journey – starting at the bottom of the employment ladder in the well-known store.

Her work journey leads her to Ramsgate in Kent to work in a newly-built store – and with this comes the chance of marriage. But can she ever forget Charlie and the promise she made to him?

Read this exciting early chapter in the life of well-known Betty Billington and follow her journey before she arrives at the Erith store – and meets fellow Woolworths Girls in 1938, as war is again on the horizon . . .

'Another uplifting read from the master storyteller' – Lancaster Post

Wonderfully nostalgic Woolies series . . . With its enchanting mix of drama, romance, friendship and family, and lots of twists and turns to enjoy along the way, this is an enthralling account of the early life of one of Everest’s best-loved Woolworths girls and another uplifting read from a master storyteller. * Lancaster Post *
A warm, tender tale of friendship and love . . . sweet as a Woolies pick’n’mix -- Milly Johnson on The Woolworth Girls
A heart-warming story about finding strength in the hardest of times * Woman’s Own *

ISBN: 9781529078077

Dimensions: 197mm x 131mm x 34mm

Weight: 260g

368 pages