Friendly Terrace Quartette (or Peggy Raymond At The Poplars)

Harriet Lummis Smith’s Friendly Terrace Quartette (or Peggy Raymond At The Poplars) invites listeners into a poignant wartime drama of friendship, duty, and quiet courage. Set against the upheaval of World War I, this historical fiction follows Peggy Raymond and her friends as they confront changing roles at home while the men they knew enlist for the front. As young women step into new responsibilities, Peggy, Priscilla, and Amy answer the call of the Land Army at the Poplars, trading parlor comforts for farm work and discovering strengths they never expected. Ruth, kept ashore by frail health, finds her own meaningful ways to contribute to the community on Friendly Terrace. Smith’s novel explores themes of female agency, resilience, and solidarity, painting a vivid portrait of the British home front and the social shifts that wartime necessity accelerates. Lively, compassionate, and rooted in the era’s texture, Friendly Terrace Quartette offers a character-driven glimpse of ordinary lives reshaped by global events. Ideal for fans of historical fiction, wartime home-front tales, and stories about women’s friendships and coming-of-age under pressure, this audiobook rewards those who enjoy warm, humane narratives with an authentic period atmosphere.