Dancing at the Victory Cafe
Fleming, Leah2016
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When Isobel Morton takes over the cafe in Lichfield's market square, she has big plans. Soon renamed The Victory Cafe, with a menu that delights despite rations, the girls who work at the Vic are swept away by Belle's lust for life. Among the regular customers is a trio of soldiers from the nearby American base and waitress Dorrie Goodman soon befriends them, learning about jazz and romance in the process. But the stifling morality of a Midlands town in the 40s cannot accommodate such a friendship; jealously, and hatred and the weight of public disapproval combine to precipitate a tragedy.
Main title:
Dancing at the Victory Cafe / Leah Fleming.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2016.London : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Collation:
xi, 271 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: as by Helene Wiggin. London: Coronet, 1995.
ISBN:
9781471159121 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1642963