A Cornish Maid Author:Rachel Moore Amber Penry's sheltered childhood with her grandmother is shattered by the outbreak of World War II and the arrival of Dolly Nash, a London evacuee who is billeted on them for the duration of the war. Resentful and wary of one another at first, the two girls gradually become firm friends, a friendship which strengthens as the war drags on and th... more »ey blossom into beautiful young women. But their friendship is to be put to the sternest of tests when both girls fall for the same man: the boat-builder's son, Luke Gillam. As the old jealousies and resentments resurface, a furious confrontation seems inevitable.« less