03679cam a2200793 4500 587729124 TxAuBib 20220722120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781101625552 1101625554 B00KWFZ7II Amazon 72e28db2-9022-46a7-a3f6-afa37488c709 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1766905 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Meissner, Susan, 1961- Secrets of a Charmed Life [Libby]. Penguin Publishing Group, 2015. secrets. London. World War II. new york times bestseller. Crossroads. Historical. evacuation. family life. 1940s. wartime. sisters. sisterhood. immigrants. Immigration. Coming of age. ww2. strength. Historical Fiction. Women's Fiction. England. WWII. Holocaust. Luftwaffe. charmed. solitude. blitz. loss. oxford. hitler. separated. sarah addison allen. torn apart. mother's day books. best selling books for women. historical fiction best sellers all time. ny times best seller list. mother gifts. mothers gift. ny best sellers. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1150kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>The author of <i>A Bridge Across the Ocean</i> and <i>The Last Year of the War</i> journeys from the present day to World War II England, as two sisters are separated by the chaos of wartime...</b><i><b><br /></b>Current day, Oxford, England.</i> Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant, eager to pursue her vision of a perfect life, 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. What Kendra receives from Isabel is both a gift and a burden—one that will test her convictions and her heart.<br /> <i>1940s, England.</i> As Hitler wages an unprecedented war against London’s civilian population, hundreds 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... Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-21 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/secrets-of-a-72e28d?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/secrets-of-a-72e28d?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/secrets-of-a-72e28d?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)