When we were brave
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Hermitage - Adult Fiction | Fiction Kelman | Checked Out |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Aunts -- Fiction.
Cornwall (England : County) -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Grief -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Spy fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Fiction.
Cornwall (England : County) -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Grief -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Spy fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Fiction.
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Published
London : Bookouture, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Notes
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"The face of the woman in the photograph was tilted upwards, as if enjoying the sunshine just for a moment, even as the wreckage of the bombed-out street lay behind her... 1944, Cornwall: Blinded by love, Vivienne Hamilton eloped to Paris with a Nazi prisoner-of-war, never to be seen again. A disgrace to her family, her name would not be mentioned by any of her relatives for over 75 years. Present day, London: When Sophie discovers a photograph of her great aunt Vivi from World War Two, it throws her into a world of confusion. Because, as she learns about this secret relative, she quickly realises that the photograph doesn't fit with her family's story. It shows Vivi leaving an address associated with a spy network in London - a place she had no reason to be - and it is dated right before she disappeared. Meanwhile Sophie's own life feels as blasted and bombed as the blitzed city in the photograph she's looking at. Her beautiful daughter - as full of joy and wild energy as Vivi had apparently once been - is gone; and Sophie's heart has been left broken into pieces. Retreating to the family home in rural Cornwall to seek solace from her pain and the feelings of guilt that she could have done more to protect her daughter, Sophie finds herself becoming obsessed with Vivi's life. But nothing can prepare Sophie for what she is about to uncover - the story of a woman who risked everything for the person she loved the most; and a secret family history that could be the key to Sophie's own future."--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kelman, S. (2020). When we were brave . Bookouture.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kelman, Suzanne. 2020. When We Were Brave. Bookouture.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kelman, Suzanne. When We Were Brave Bookouture, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kelman, Suzanne. When We Were Brave Bookouture, 2020.
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