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Book SynopsisSet against the Blitz in London, a young woman''s extraordinary journey of self-discovery and an intimate meditation on what it takes to find our place in the world.
A March Best Book in Red
''NOTE PERFECT'' East Riding Magazine
''AN EXTRAORDINARY NEW WRITER'' Nina Stibbe
I used to believe the world had been created for me; every stone and grain of sand. As I grew older, I began to think of myself as something tacked on to the edge.
1939, London: From McPhail''s Passage to Kensington''s Grand Palace Hotel, Rose Dunbar is evacuated from her humble home on the Rock of Gibraltar and dropped into a chaotic city of falling bombs, perplexing class rules and bad weather. Despite being ''flagrantly foreign'' to the locals, she becomes an efficient go-between for the upper-class ladies helping out with the war effort and her own tribe of noisy displaced families.
It is only when she is shifted to the countryside
Trade Review
A tender, often wry novel, rendered with impressive period authenticity * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Skilful, understated. Comes compellingly to life * HARPER'S BAZAAR *
Note-perfect. Like a forgotten classic republished by Persephone Books or Virago * East Riding magazine *
A touching story full of love and humanity * YOURS magazine *
A beautiful story of love and belonging * WOMAN'S WEEKLY *
An absolute delight * SAGA *
