Orphans of War [CD-ROM]

Leah Fleming (Author), Maggie Mash (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2009

The ones you leave behind are the ones that stay with you forever…When Madeleine Belfield loses her family and her home in the Blitz, she is sent to love with relatives in the relative safety of the Yorkshire Dales.On board the steam train Maddy befriends Gloria Conley and her brother Sid, abandoned by their desperate mother. Although Maddy and Gloria are chalk and cheese, they soon vow to be 'forever friends'.Maddy slowly adjusts to Brooklyn Hall and her new family, especially Aunt Plum. Eager to help with the war effort, Plum has opened up a home for 'difficult' evacuees and Maddy and Gloria quickly become bound together in friendship and mischief with a motley crew, including headstrong Greg and flighty Enid.The friendship endures into adulthood, until a tragic experience tears them apart. Desperate to escape her memories, Maddy flees to London.Years later, chance reunites her with Gloria and Greg. But a visit back to Yorkshire reveals the truth about the past - a revelation with unimaginable consequences.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Praise for The Girl From World’s End and The War Widows:‘A beautiful, almost poetically-written tale of love and tragedy in the Yorkshire Dales mainly set during the Second World War. The characters are real flesh and blood and the reader shares their ups and downs with genuine empathy.’Maureen Lee, bestselling author of Mother of Pearl.‘An epic tale of hardship and tragedy straddling the Second World War.’The Bookseller‘A touching tale.’Closer‘A good read to curl up with.’Lincolnshire Echo --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Magna Story Sound; New edition edition (September 15, 2009)
• ISBN-10: 1846525535
• ISBN-13: 978-1846525537

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