Gracie's Sin

Synopsis1942Three young women craving adventure join the Women’s Timber Corps --All for different reasons. . .Lou sees it as a way to stay near her lovely new husband. Instead it brings heartache and tears, fear and betrayal. But it is she who holds the friends together when the going gets tough.For Rose it means escape from her bullying brother. But her desperate search for love and acceptance leads the fun loving girl to change and be willing to inflict the same cold hearted treatment upon others; even her closest friends.Gracie simply falls in love with the uniform and then commits the greatest sin of all: falling in love with the enemy. This puts at risk her freedom, her patriotism, the respect of her friends and even her life.After the rigours of forestry training in Cornwall under Matron’s steely gaze, and a spell as acting air-raid wardens, the trio are posted to Grizedale forest in the Lake district where they love the outdoor life and new challenges; the knowledge that they are doing their bit. But their enemy is the war, and faith and friendship are tested to the utmost in their efforts to survive.