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First of all, I love that all the chapters are named after food! Secondly, I fell in love with...
The beginning of this novel leaves you wanting more. The small girl who has suffered so much is...
The book cover caught my eye and I loved the blurb immediately. I like historical fiction and I...
An intriguing story about a young girl refugee from Berlin, Germany following the end of world...
The first chapters whetted my curiosity as to what the secrets are. It’s a reminder of the...
This book is a very different take on a wartime novel. Set after the war following a young...
The opening hooked me in straight away! I liked that had a first person perspective as it showed...
This book looks emotional and powerful. For me honest and true story books are difficult to read...
The cover is beautiful.Story seems promising. ...
I am a great lover of historical fiction that is done 'right', and Lucy Adlington's background in...
Since taking up reading again I've really enjoying reading this genre of book and after reading...
A lovely style of writing, the impressions of a child, the butterfly observations, a revelation....
I'm not entirely sure what I was expecting from this one but I was almost immediately captivated...
I love reading books about the world wars and evacuees, I’m a massive world war history buff! I...
I think a lot can be done with the idea of an orphan in war and I think the set-up for this book...
'Summertime' focuses on the post-war period, demonstrating the difficulty of changing the wartime...
The setting of the book being just after the end of the second world war is not one I have seen...
I'm undecided on 'Summerland', it's not my normal genre of book, but I have enjoyed other books...
This sounds like something so different to what I would normally read. I like that it’s set in...
I loved the extract of this book. Why does the young refugee have a single glove in her suitace?...
I think the storyline is interesting and I could immediately connect with the protagonist. The...
Who doesn’t love being transported to war time Britain with all the trimmings I would like to...
Personally, I am not a big reader of historical fiction, so I would not plan to read this. It has...
I love a charming historical drama to get lost in and this book seems to be just that! Being set...
Brigitta sounds like a very interesting character who I am already draw to and i am interested to...
What an intriguing start to a book. We are introduced to Brigitta, an Austrian refugee who...
As odd as it may sound, I really enjoy reading stories that are set during war. They tell...
I want to know the rest of Brigitta's story. I found it gripping already I think she is near or...
As soon as i saw this was available i had to jump at the chance to enter for it! I love war time...
This sounds amazing! I love WW2 historical fiction and this sounds like it has an interesting...
The front cover grabbed my attention right from the start, it made me want to open the pages...
I am not usually a historical fiction fan but this looks interesting and I want to know if...
Having read other Lucy Adlington books I was excited to first look another. Not surprisingly I...
I thought the picture really pulls you in to wonder why there is a girl watching plans come down...
I do like a book set in or around the time of World War II so I was interested in this book from...
I love historical fiction - it fascinates me how authors can take real events that occurred in...
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