The Brook Runs Free

Dorothy continues with her Victorian attitude and the whole family miss Sam dreadfully especially Fred. With the growing shortage of food for the country. Fred is forced to sow, reap and mow, the first grain is grown on the farm plus crops of potatoes. This means that the whole family have to work much harder especially Fred and Mary. Dorothy is reluctant to have German prisoners of war to work on the farm but she has little choice, she feels better when she finds she has less to do outside, but she is reluctant to have evacuees. But again has no choice. No two children are the same.

The arrival of her long awaited son make Dorothy a much happier person. With the help of the farm subsidies Fred is able to have a motor car and a tractor. Lizzy finds full time employment at the Forest Glen and Mary stays to work on the farm. It is that for both of them or work in a factory. There is a murder at the Glen which upsets everyone including the neighbour's and when German bombs were dropped very close. It brought home how close the Germans were getting.

Painting with oils as a hobby. Born and bred in Shropshire she was brought up on a farm. Her mother very Victorian in her ways there fore her family were brought up to work hard. She moved away from the Wrekin area where she had managed the cafe on the Wrekin (Halfway House)for eight years She qualified as a driving instructor and she loved the job for over twenty years, until ill health caused her to retire. It was during this time that she continued writing and these novel came to fruition