War Baby
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2019
Agora Books (Verlag)
978-1-913099-04-6 (ISBN)
Agora Books (Verlag)
978-1-913099-04-6 (ISBN)
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London, 1970: Returning to England after four years in Geneva, Bobbie Chadwick has no idea who she is. Looking for a sense of belonging, Bobbie delves into her childhood memories of WWII and uncovers a wartime secret that will change her life forever.
‘What’s the good of digging up the past? You never know what you might find.’
London, 1970: Returning to England after four years in Geneva, Bobbie Chadwick has no idea who she is. A new decade is dawning and bringing with it independence and the freedom to be whomever she chooses. But haunted by an unknown past, Bobbie finds herself listless, jobless, and falling out of love.
Things only get more confusing when her adoptive father dies leaving a wake of secrets behind him. But when she finds her birth certificate and a few old diaries, Bobbie starts a search thirty years in the making. Looking for a sense of belonging, Bobbie delves into her childhood memories of WWII and uncovers a wartime secret that will change her life forever.
War Baby was first published in 1991.
PRAISE FOR WAR BABY
‘Original and heartwarming’ – Women’s Weekly
‘What’s the good of digging up the past? You never know what you might find.’
London, 1970: Returning to England after four years in Geneva, Bobbie Chadwick has no idea who she is. A new decade is dawning and bringing with it independence and the freedom to be whomever she chooses. But haunted by an unknown past, Bobbie finds herself listless, jobless, and falling out of love.
Things only get more confusing when her adoptive father dies leaving a wake of secrets behind him. But when she finds her birth certificate and a few old diaries, Bobbie starts a search thirty years in the making. Looking for a sense of belonging, Bobbie delves into her childhood memories of WWII and uncovers a wartime secret that will change her life forever.
War Baby was first published in 1991.
PRAISE FOR WAR BABY
‘Original and heartwarming’ – Women’s Weekly
Beryl Kingston is the author of 30 novels with over a million copies sold. She has been a writer since she was 7 when she started producing poetry. She was evacuated to Felpham at the start of WWII, igniting an interest in one-time resident poet William Blake which later inspired her novel The Gates of Paradise. She was an English teacher from 1952 until 1985 when she became a full-time writer after her debut novel, Hearts and Farthings, became a bestseller. Kingston continued writing bestsellers for the next 14 years with titles ranging from family sagas to modern stories and historical novels. She currently lives in West Sussex and has three children, five grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.05.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-913099-04-0 / 1913099040 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-913099-04-6 / 9781913099046 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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