{"product_id":"we-must-be-brave-the-best-most-moving-novel-of-the-year-bel-mooney-daily-mail-9780008280154","title":"We Must Be Brave The best most moving novel of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe can't choose who we love. We can choose who we fight for. A powerful story that proves how love itself requires courage' Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads SingStorytelling at its best' Sarah WinmanThe perfect book club read' AJ PearceEllen Parr has always been sure she never wanted children. But when she finds a young girl asleep and unclaimed at the back of a bus fleeing the Blitz in Southampton, everything she once believed is overturned.As she takes Pamela into her home, the little girl cracks open the past Ellen thought she had escaped and the future she thought she wanted, for in uncertain times it seems the only certainty is love.But with the end of the fighting comes the realization that Pamela was never hers to keepWe Must Be Brave is an epic and intensely moving novel about the ways we rescue one other, and the astonishing tenacity of the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eThis is storytelling at its best.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wise, generous and captivating’ Sarah Winman, author of \u003cem\u003eTin Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Oh, I loved this book so much! It’s strikingly authentic, beautifully written, and a wonderfully touching depiction of the families people create for themselves when blood relatives let them down. \u003cstrong\u003eIt broke my heart and glued it together again. Just perfect\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Jill Mansell, author of \u003cem\u003eRumour Has It\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Through years of plenty and poverty, war and peace, Ellen’s story is endlessly affecting, peopled by beautifully drawn, endearing characters. \u003cstrong\u003eA very special, quietly spectacular novel\u003c\/strong\u003e.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaga Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘The writing is often dazzling – a child’s voice is “clear, piping, like a twig peeled of its bark” – and this, too, lifts what might have been a sentimental story into different territory altogether … \u003cem\u003eWe Must Be Brave \u003c\/em\u003eis a great success: \u003cstrong\u003erichly observed, lovingly drawn and determinedly clear-eyed to the last\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Melissa Harrison, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A quiet masterpiece of love and loss, ‘abandoned’ children and rescue and courage … \u003cstrong\u003eThis beautifully written novel had me sobbing, yet addicted\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Bel Mooney, \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A book about fundamentally decent people doing good things and a story both epic and intimate, so tenderly written \u003cstrong\u003eit moved me to tears\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Elizabeth Day, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Party\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A wonderful novel. A beautifully written story of love and loss, with thoughtfully crafted characters and so much to think about long after you’ve finished reading it. \u003cstrong\u003eIt is one of those novels you can talk about for hours – the perfect book club read.\u003c\/strong\u003e’\u003cbr\u003e AJ Pearce, author of \u003cem\u003eDear Mrs Bird\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘I loved this book. We Must Be Brave pulls you in right from the start and stays with you long after you have finished it. \u003cstrong\u003eSuch confident storytelling and perfect attention to detail is really rare\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Esther Walker, onthespike.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883740967255,"sku":"9780008280154","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008280154.jpg?v=1722528826","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-must-be-brave-the-best-most-moving-novel-of-the-year-bel-mooney-daily-mail-9780008280154","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}