Debut author Johanna Winard talks to Bernadette Hyland about her novel, Ruby's War, inspired by the true events surrounding African American troops based in Lancashire during the Second World War.

'In this little community, people recognised the black American soldiers as working people like themselves who had come to join the fight against fascism.'

http://lipsticksocialist.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/building-a-socialist-library-5-rubys-war-by-johanna-winard/

Preston FM interviews local author Johanna Winard on the story behind Ruby's War. Listen to the interview on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZRX3Nh3aQs