Almost Full Circle |
|
Author:
| Moore, Margaret |
ISBN: | 978-1-4921-0328-8 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
|
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $9.40 |
Book Description:
|
As a young widow in war torn 1942 London, Judith finds herself yearning for the beautiful son lost in the bombing. To overcome her loneliness she agrees to foster a young boy who has been left an orphan after another air raid and has been struck dumb by his experience. He is also a mystery to the lovable cockney characters who find him in their midst. With their usual humour he is accepted into their ravaged world. These charismatic people take all the troubles played out at this time...
More DescriptionAs a young widow in war torn 1942 London, Judith finds herself yearning for the beautiful son lost in the bombing. To overcome her loneliness she agrees to foster a young boy who has been left an orphan after another air raid and has been struck dumb by his experience. He is also a mystery to the lovable cockney characters who find him in their midst. With their usual humour he is accepted into their ravaged world. These charismatic people take all the troubles played out at this time in their stride including a birth during an air raid, the dubious activities of the local black market spiv and a death because of a back street abortion. Judith's world is, once again, put in turmoil when she hears the boy's family have been traced to Cornwall. It seems he is the sole heir to a fortune.Relocating to Cornwall with him, she soon finds herself placed in charge of a gang of Land Army girls from London and a new comedy of errors emerge.