318R: Coming of Age World War Romance

Hello, I am looking for a book I read when I was in high school. So this would’ve been around the year 2000 to 2004. It was a coming-of-age tale of a young girl in either World War One or probably World War II. There was romance in it. I remember a very particular scene in which she was at a dance with the G.I. and she was collecting orange peels to make marmalade and they flew out of her dress. I also remember that she ended up with a character at the end who had a beard. Maybe his name was Alex? There may have been a lighthouse involved? Thanks for your help This has been driving me crazy! Not sure if it takes place in the US or in the UK.

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  1. Nicole Chandler

    A Little Love Song by Michelle Magorian. Set in England during WWII, the character is Rose & she ends up with Alec. “Suddenly the leg elastic, unable to withstand the strain of the contents & the jitterbug any longer, finally disintegrated. Peel flew in all directions.”

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