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Daughter of the Home Front

​A dazzling, heart-breaking story of redemption from bestselling author Jennie Jones.
Out 5 October 2022 and up for pre-order now in paperback or eBook
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A war.
The girl she'd been.
And the woman she was forced to become.


Townsville, 1942. Young women aged sixteen and over are obliged by law to join the war effort, and Emma Hatton's world is at last about to change. Longing to escape the humdrum poverty of oceanside Blueholm Bay and the demands of her domineering mother, Emma reaches the bustling wartime mayhem of Townsville where the city streets are filled with glamorous GIs and red lipstick is the colour of the day. Befriending charismatic Cassie O'Byrne, Emma believes her adult life has finally begun.

Private Frank Kendrick's kisses make her heart beat faster and with all the talk of his family in California, surely a proposal is imminent. But after a hasty seduction, Frank disappears and Emma finds herself in trouble.

Her family's solution is the Holy Refuge of Saint Philomena in Brisbane, a prison-like 'home' where unmarried, pregnant young women are sent to repent and used as drudges while they wait out their term before their babies are forcibly adopted. Longing to keep her child, Emma befriends other girls struggling in this cruel environment while her dearest friend of all seeks a way to help.
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Cassie's solution, and the courageous choices Emma must make, lead her to true adulthood, forever friendships ... and a home and family she could never have anticipated.
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Out 5 October 2022

​Booktopia - paperback
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Dymocks - link coming soon

HarperCollins Australia
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Angus & Robertson Bookworld - paperback

The Nile - paperback

Fishpond - paperback

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  • BOOKS
    • Daughter of the Home Front
    • Rangelands #1 A Place to Stay
    • Rangelands #2 A Place with Heart
    • A Heart Stuck on Hope
    • Swallows Fall #1 The House on Burra Burra Lane
    • Swallows Fall #2 12 Days at Silver Bells House
    • Swallows Fall #3 The House at the Bottom of the Hill
    • Swallows Fall #4 The Turnaround Treasure Shop
    • Swallows Fall #5 The House at the End of the Street
    • Swallows Fall #6 The House on Jindalee Lane
  • About Jennie