ORPHAN'S OF WAR
By Sylvia Broady
Kingston Upon Hull, 1941.
Sixteen-year-old Charlotte Kirby believes she’s all alone in the world when her mother is killed in a bombing raid. But then a mysterious aunt comes forward — an aunt Charlotte never knew she had — and offers her a home in the small Yorkshire village where she and her husband George run the local pub.
Charlotte finds it hard to adjust to rural life. She doesn’t mind helping out in the pub, but she can’t understand why her Aunt Hilda seems to resent her so. Nor why her mother never told her she had a sister.
She wants to do her bit for the war effort — but the war doesn’t seem to have reached their sleepy little village.
Everything changes when a group of French orphans are brought to live in the big house. Charlotte volunteers to help look after them — and finds a new purpose in life.
Then a band of Free French soldiers is billeted in the village, including a handsome young officer with the deepest brown eyes . . . But Emile has a tragedy in his past — and Charlotte must uncover both his and her own family’s secrets if she and Emile are to have a chance of happiness.
Review
This book is a rollercoaster of emotions. It is a beautifully written story that really pulled at the heartstrings. I thought the authors attention to the historical detailing really brought this period of history to life and the characters came across as very real in the telling.
This book will certainly appeal to lovers of quality historical fiction, especially if you enjoy novels written by Catherine Cookson. This book is certainly a novel that I can see myself reading again and again.
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