Shelter

By Sarah Franklin

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ISBN: 9781785762994
Themes: realistic fiction historical romance Community Friendship Family

Preface

In Spring 1944 Connie arrives in the Forest of Dean fleeing from the devastating losses she faced in Coventry and carrying a massive secret.

Around the same time Seppe arrives at a camp for Italian prisoners of war. In order to escape a face from the past he ends up working alongside Connie in her job as a ‘lumberjill.’

Shelter describes the consequences of this meeting, how it feels to start again when everything you know is lost, and the different definitions of family