Where the Heart Lies
- Author Ellie Dean
- Narrator Annie Aldington
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 11 hours and 4 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Generational sagas, Second World War fiction.
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Price p/Title
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What to expect
February 1941. Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William.
Determined to uphold her promise to her sister to keep William safe until his father, Bill, returns from the war, she accepts a post as a midwife in Cliffehaven on the south-coast of England. Here they are taken under the wing of the Reilly family at the Beach View boarding house.
But all too soon Julie learns that Bill is ‘missing in action’ and William falls dangerously ill. As she begins the long vigil by William’s beside, she fears she will lose the little boy she has grown to love as her own…
Critics Review
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THE FOURTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN
February 1941. Can love survive in a time of war? Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William.
from the publisher's description -
This compelling wartime tale will delight saga lovers.
Choice magazine -
Moving and heart-warming saga.
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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