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Orphans of War [Paperback]

Leah Fleming
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  • Paperback: 624 pages
  • Publisher: Avon (20 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1847560237
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847560230
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.2 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 369,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Praise for Leah Fleming:

‘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

‘An absolute joy to read , full of warmth, and colour and hope.’
Warwickshire Telegraph

‘A good read to curl up with.’
Lincolnshire Echo

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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.


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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful
A nice easy read 24 Sep 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
Believable story (my Dad was an evacuee during WWII). Heartwarming story set during the Second World War of a group of evacuees with a chequered history sent to the Yorkshire Dales. Story starts in 1939/1940 and takes the reader through to the early 60's with the austerity of rationing and then the excitement of the Festival of Britain, with a nice little love story threaded throughout. A great read.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
a Nice Read 28 Jan 2012
By SueR
Format:Kindle Edition
A nice book felt like you were sharing the lives of the characters good history references during world war two period, couldnt wait to turn the next page hopeing for a happy ending for all the children.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
i wasnt sure if i would like it but thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to reading more from the same author
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