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It's 1939 and the threat of war hangs over Britain...
The most ambitious of three sisters, Lorraine 'Raine' Linfoot always dreamed of becoming a pilot. As a spirited seventeen-year-old, she persuades her hero Doug Williams to teach her to fly. When war breaks out in 1939, Raine is determined to put her skills to good use. She enlists in the Air Transport Auxiliary, becoming one of a handful of brave female pilots flying fighter planes to the men...
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Britain, 1943. Though she's the youngest of her siblings, Ronnie Linfoot is determined to do her bit for the war effort, just as her two older sisters are.
Against her mother's wishes, she signs up to join the Grand Union Canal Company, where she'll be working on a narrowboat taking critical supplies from London to Birmingham and back again. But without an ounce of experience on the waterways, she must learn the ropes quickly, and the job doesn't...
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War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool's Dr. Barnado's Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan in the Snow is the perfect heartwarming saga for Christmas.
LIVERPOOL, 1941 Haunted by the death of her sister, June Lavender takes a job at a Dr. Barnardo's orphanage. June couldn't save Clara from their father's violence, but perhaps she can help children whose lives have been torn apart by war.
A WORLD AT WAR When June bumps into Flight Lieutenant...
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War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool's Dr. Barnardo's Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan's War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front.
Liverpool, 1940 When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband - she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in this awful war, Maxine takes a nursing job at London's St. Thomas's Hospital.
A Broken Heart Maxine takes...
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War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool's Dr. Barnardo's Home cannot give up hope. What more could you wish for than a poignant, heart-warming saga to read this winter? LIVERPOOL, 1943, Yorkshire is the place Lana has always called home, but it's now filled with painful memories of her fiancé, Dickie, who was killed at sea. When she accepts the challenging position of headmistress at a school in Liverpool, she hopes a new beginning will...
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