In the little village of Upton, the locals are not immune to the affects of the war. As bombs fall on nearby Southampton, bus full of burnt and bombed refugees rolls into town, and Ellen finds herself left with a wee girl left alone on the bus. It is such a beautiful story of wee Pamela and Ellen, that I could picture their idyllic wee cottage filled with sunshine.
I did struggle with the last half of the book as it was somewhat slow and part of me wanted such a different way for it to end, although the ending it came with was what maybe made it different and original. Surely this book is ripe for a movie adaption. 4/5
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I'm surprised more books and movies haven't been written with evacuees and their hosts as characters.
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