Marilyn Chapman

Baggy Pants and Bootees Marilyn Chapman 2nd edition

When war baby Sophie joins the macho world of 1960s journalism she's determined to prove that she's 'one of the boys'. Her career is threatened by a phone call from her estranged mother setting Sophie on a quest to uncover the secret of her birth. Was her father the all-American soldier she dreamt of when she was a child, or someone far more sinister? This is the story the ambitious reporter was destined to write. Helped by the charming but mysterious David, Sophie uncovers the story of a heartbroken wartime orphan, a GI romance and a terrifying rape that leads to an innocent man's court martial - and finds clues to her own unhappy childhood. Torn between her secret love for Steve, the newspaper's most eligible bachelor, and her desire to know who she really is, Sophie follows David to search for her father. Only when faced with the startling truth can she accept the tragedy of love, loss and betrayal, and begin a very different kind of future.