Christmas at Tuppenny Corner by Katie Flynn

Rosie O’Leary helps her mother run a horse-drawn barge. Their horse, Daisy, is a comfort to her when her mother criticises everything she does, loudly and often, so Rosie is devastated when there are plans to exchange their barge for one with an engine. She finds some comfort when Tim, a fellow bargee, comes into her life, but when war comes and Tim joins the RAF, her dreams of happiness have to be put on hold.