In The Dark Streets Shining

When Rose Brown's husband is killed in action in 1940, she feels as though she's lost a part of herself. Rose can't imagine the future without Ray, but she's certain he would have wanted her to pick herself up and start again. She decides to do something to help the war effort, and soon begins life as a postwoman. And when she courageously rescues a young boy from a bombed-out house and takes him back to her family in West London, she finds a new sense of purpose. Seven-year-old Alfie is rebellious and withdrawn. However, he touches the hearts of the family, who see through his sullenness, and with kindness and patience they eventually win his trust. But then a handsome stranger turns up on the doorstep, looking for his son, and everything changes.