<p><b>Following the gripping story of the Ryan family in Margaret Dickinson's top ten bestseller <i>The Buffer Girls</i>, <i>Daughters of Courage</i> sees Emily and Trip fight to keep their new life afloat in the turbulent 1930s.</b><br><br><b>Love blossoms under the storm clouds of war.</b><br><br>Emily Ryan has gone up in the world since her arrival in Sheffield. Brought there by her mother's ambitious schemes for her brother, Josh, she had found work as a buffer girl polishing cutlery for the city's famous trade. With the help of a friend, Nell, Emily eventually set up her own buffing business employing those with whom she had once worked. <br><br>Married to Thomas Trippet – 'Trip' to his friends – they plan to build a life together, but when Lucy, Nell's daughter, disappears it seems that the menace from the past is never very far away. Trip is now a partner
