Broken Rainbows

Pontypridd 1942. When America enters the war, the GIs bring as many problems as hopes …

Alma finds comfort in her friendship with Chuck Reynolds, who misses his family as much as she misses Charlie, a spy behind enemy lines, long presumed dead. Embittered widow Jenny Powell seizes the chance of pleasure on her own terms and Anthea Llewellyn Jones, the bank manager’s. daughter, makes a disastrous mistake that threatens Bethan’s marriage. Meanwhile, the demands of war make the miners’ lives even more hazardous.

Catrin Collier beautifully evokes the tensions and divided loyalties of a town struggling to adjust not only to war, but also to culture clashes and changing standards. And as the war ends, new strifes emerge