The Home for War Orphans

Paris, 1940.
Golden light bathes the crumbling rooftop of the orphanage. I stroke
my little sister’s hair and comfort the other war orphans climbing into
the rickety truck. We must leave the only home we have left, or the Nazis will find
us…



Margot
has spent most of her life at St Agnes’ Orphanage with her
little sister Lucie. She does her best to care for all
the children, cradling them under the stars when Sister
Helen can’t get them to sleep. But she knows that when the
Nazis reach the gates of Paris, the Jewish orphans will be in terrible danger. She
must help them
escape…


Holding
on tightly to Lucie as they all scramble into a truck bound for the countryside,
Margot cannot prevent her hands from shaking. Then one night, by the flickering
light of the makeshift fire, Sister Helen tells Margot she has found a rich family
to take Lucie in. But there will be no safety for the other children –
unless Margot can lead them to the French coast for a ship destined for
America.


Looking from her
sister’s bright blue eyes to the little patchwork teddy the children
share, Margot realises she must trust someone else with the only family she has
left. But as soon as the wrought-iron gates of Lucie’s new home slam shut,
Margot knows she’s made a mistake. Devastated at being left behind with
strangers, Lucie runs
away.


Margot knows the only
place Lucie will run to is the high stone walls of the orphanage, where she last
knew warmth and food and comfort. With fear in her heart, Margot is faced with an
impossible choice. Should she race to save her sister from a terrible
fate, or make sure the other orphans
escape?


A
heart-wrenching and powerful historical fiction page-turner set in World War Two
Paris. Perfect for fans of Kelly Rimmer, The Midwife of
Auschwitz and Rhys
Bowen.


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Orphans:


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