Some Sunny Day by Helen Carey, a Lavender Road novel

It’s 1940, and the women of Lavender Road are trying to cope with bombing, rationing, and other stressful situations as the war continues in the second installment of this appealing six book series but even at the most dangerous times their resilience shines through. Katy Parsons, whose father runs a busy pub, is tired of being treated as an invalid because of her asthma. Now that she is 18, she is applying to be a nurse. 

Lavender Road by Helen Carey

Title: Lavender Road
Author: Helen Carey
Publication: Orion, hardcover, 1995
Genre: Historical Fiction / Series
Setting: South London, 1939

Description: Lavender Road is a street in South London with a posh end where the Rutherfords, who own the local brewery and half a dozen pubs, live and the impoverished end where a man is likely to beat his wife when not behind bars.