Coronation Street releases a new novel featuring Elsie Tanner

Coronation Street has published a new novel featuring classic Corrie character Elsie Tanner.

Written by Maggie Sullivan, the fifth book in the wartime Corrie saga is titled We'll Meet Again on Coronation Street and it's a female-fronted, nostalgic story.

In the novel, the three female protagonists are looking to change their lives and adjust to a new normal as the war has drawn to a close.

We’ll Meet Again on Coronation Street: A heartwarming historical saga set in wartime: Book 5

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Among the residents of Coronation Street, Ida Barlow has welcomed back her husband Frank after the conflict, but their marriage isn't as rosey as one should hope. Ida is striving to maintain that independence acquired during the war.

Newcomer Wendy Collins has moved to the street and taken a job as a teacher at the local school, but is struggling to fit in to the new work environment.

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And finally, Elsie Tanner is trying to lift the residents' mood by organising a trip to Blackpool, where they might finally be able to relax.

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Sullivan has written four other Coronation Street novels since 2017: Christmas On Coronation Street, Mother's Day on Coronation Street, Snow on the Cobbles and The Land Girls from Coronation Street.

Her first Corrie novel, set during the holidays, focuses on the character of Elsie Tanner, née Elsie Grimshaw.

coronation street pat phoenix as elsie tanner and philip lowrie as dennis tanner

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Inspired by the character of the same name in the ITV soap – played by Pat Phoenix from 1960-1973 and 1976-1984 – Elsie is a bold, resourceful, young woman determined to escape her brutal, dull life and make things better for herself.

The later novels zero in on the life of other residents during the Second World War, including pub landlady Annie Walker and Corrie's matriarch Ena Sharples' daughter Vera.

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7.30pm on ITV.