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The Lifeboat Orphans
- Author
- Ellie Curzon
- Narrator
- Gemma Lawrence
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 12 November 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
North Atlantic Ocean, 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores of America, looking after a nine-year-old orphan boy with sad blue eyes. But the ocean is rife with Nazi vessels. And when their boat is torpedoed, in the fear and chaos Connie can’t stop thinking about handsome Jack, who stayed behind in London. Will the orphans survive, and will Connie ever be reunited with her first love?
Back in London, sixteen-year-old Jack desperately misses Connie, his brave, kind friend, after their tearful goodbye when her ship set sail. As bombs set the skies ablaze, he listens to an old radio for any news about the dangerous Atlantic crossing. When he intercepts a secret message that could change everything, he races to the War Office. Will they listen to a young lad like him, and can he save Connie and countless other lives?
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Details
- Author
- Ellie Curzon
- Narrator
- Gemma Lawrence
- Duration
- 9 hours 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 November 2025
- ISBN
- 9781399199995
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Historical romance
Synopsis
North Atlantic Ocean, 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores of America, looking after a nine-year-old orphan boy with sad blue eyes. But the ocean is rife with Nazi vessels. And when their boat is torpedoed, in the fear and chaos Connie can’t stop thinking about handsome Jack, who stayed behind in London. Will the orphans survive, and will Connie ever be reunited with her first love? Back in London, sixteen-year-old Jack desperately misses Connie, his brave, kind friend, after their tearful goodbye when her ship set sail. As bombs set the skies ablaze, he listens to an old radio for any news about the dangerous Atlantic crossing. When he intercepts a secret message that could change everything, he races to the War Office. Will they listen to a young lad like him, and can he save Connie and countless other lives?
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