Chocolate Girls (58 page)
Authors: Annie Murray
After a few more details of news he signed off, ‘It is lovely to see you both so happy. And we look forward to seeing you again
soon
. Your loving David xx.’
When Edie and Anatoli had read the letter that morning, both of them had wept for joy. Reading it again brought more tears, and she looked up into her friends’ smiling faces.
‘Well,’ Ruby said, wiping her own eyes. ‘I thought our Marleen’d be the first to make one of us a grandmother, knowing her. Not young David.’
‘So, I don’t s’pose you’ll ever be going to Israel again, will you?’ one of her friends teased.
‘You just try stopping me!’ Edie beamed. ‘You don’t think I’d miss seeing my new daughter and grandchild do you?’
Grateful thanks are due to the following: Gertie Cook, Sarah Foden, Andi Jones, Eike Muller, Leslie Wilson; to the Cadbury Archive,
Bournville Works Magazine
, Cad-bury World and Selly Oak and Stirchley Libraries; to the written work of Dr Carl Chinn, G. Letitia Hayes and Zoë Josephs.
Apologies for any liberties taken with Birmingham street names, with the Meeting of the Society of Friends in Bournville or with Singers Hill Synagogue.
CHOCOLATE GIRLS by Annie Murray is sponsored by Cadbury. For further information on many of the locations discussed, and on the whole Bournville Village, is available at the Cadbury World exhibition in Bournville. Phone 0121 451 4159 for details of visits.
A
NNIE
M
URRAY
was born in Berkshire and read English at St John’s College, Oxford. Her first ‘Birmingham’ novel,
Birmingham Rose,
hit
The Times
bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written nine other successful novels, including, most recently,
The Bells of Bournville Green,
which is the sequel to
Chocolate Girls.
Annie Murray has four children and lives in Reading.
A
LSO
BY
A
NNIE
M
URRRAY
Birmingham Rose
Birmingham Friends
Birmingham Blitz
Orphan of Angel Street
Poppy Day
The Narrowboat Girl
Water Gypsies
Miss Purdy’s Class
Family of Women
Where Earth Meets Sky
The Bells of Bournville Green
Margot and Jane – for warm welcomes, comfortable beds and wonderful conversation
Thanks for everything
First published 2003 by Pan Books
This edition published 2008 by Pan Books
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