Shelter

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Pub Date 31 May 2018 | Archive Date 31 May 2018

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Description

Early spring 1944. Connie Granger has escaped her bombed-out city home, finding refuge in the Women's Timber Corps. For her, this remote community must now serve a secret purpose.

Seppe, an Italian prisoner of war, is haunted by his memories. In the forest camp, he finds a strange kind of freedom.

Their meeting signals new beginnings. But as they are drawn together, the world outside their forest haven is being torn apart. Old certainties are crumbling, and both must now make a life-defining choice.

What price will they pay for freedom? What will they fight to protect?
Early spring 1944. Connie Granger has escaped her bombed-out city home, finding refuge in the Women's Timber Corps. For her, this remote community must now serve a secret purpose.

Seppe, an Italian...

Advance Praise

'Shelter is an atmospheric debut and a fascinating glimpse into a forgotten aspect of WWII by Sarah Franklin' -Good Housekeeping 

'A beautifully written, gentle, hopeful book.' -Lucy Atkins, author of The Night Visitor

'Its characters pulse with life and energy- Connie's contrary longings and Seppe's difficult journey to inner peace are vividly rendered, as is the evocation of the forest and its healing qualities.' -Daily Mail

'I found this a fascinating and assured debut' -Woman and Home

'Shelter is an atmospheric debut and a fascinating glimpse into a forgotten aspect of WWII by Sarah Franklin' -Good Housekeeping 

'A beautifully written, gentle, hopeful book.' -Lucy Atkins, author of...


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ISBN 9781785762826
PRICE £7.99 (GBP)
PAGES 448

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