A tale that journeys from the present day to World War II England as two sisters are separated by the chaos of wartime.
Current day, Oxford, England. Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant interviews Isabel McFarland just when the elderly woman is ready to give up secrets about the war that she has kept for decades…beginning with who she really is. 1940s, England. As Hitler prepares to wage an unprecedented war on London, tens of thousands of children are evacuated to foster homes in the rural countryside. But even as fifteen-year-old Emmy Downtree and her much younger sister Julia find refuge in a charming Cotswold cottage, Emmy’s burning ambition to return to the city and apprentice with a fashion designer pits her against Julia’s profound need for her sister’s presence. Acting at cross purposes just as the Luftwaffe rains down its terrible destruction, the sisters are cruelly separated, and their lives are transformed.
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“Rich with vividly drawn characters, places, and events…Its themes of reinvention and redemption will strike a chord with readers.”
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