Way to London : A Novel of World War II

The Way to London
Bok av Alix Rickloff
From the author of Secrets of Nanreath Hall comes this gripping, beautifully written historical fiction novel set during World War IIthe unforgettable story of a young woman who must leave Singapore and forge a new life in England. On the eve of Pearl Harbor, impetuous and overindulged, Lucy Stanhope, the granddaughter of an earl, is living a life of pampered luxury in Singapore until one reckless act will change her life forever.Exiled to England to stay with an aunt she barely remembers, Lucy never dreamed that she would be one of the last people to escape Singapore before war engulfs the entire island, and that her parents would disappear in the devastating aftermath. Now grief stricken and all alone, she must cope with the realities of a grim, battle-weary England.Then she meets Bill, a young evacuee sent to the country to escape the Blitz, and in a moment of weakness, Lucy agrees to help him find his mother in London. The unlikely runaways take off on a seemingly simple journey across the country, but her world becomes even more complicated when she is reunited with an invalided soldier she knew in Singapore. Now Lucy will be forced to finally confront the choices she has made if she ever hopes to have the future she yearns for.
Lucy lever jetsetliv i Singapore och har som största bekymmer vilken drink hon ska välja nästa gång, när andra världskriget slår till. Hon blir skickad till sin moster på den engelska landsbygden, där hon vantrivs. Väl där planerar hon hur hon ska kunna återgå till den typen av livsstil hon är van vid. Hon måste ta sig till London för att förverkliga sin dröm. Med sig på resan får hon en fattig ung pojke som vill ta sig tillbaka hem till sin mamma. Deras vänskap är äkta och de blir väldigt viktiga personer i varandras liv.

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