The Stolen Baby

The Stolen Baby
Diney Costeloe
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NZ$ 28.99
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NZ$ 23.19
Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 448pg
14 Apr 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781789543353
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The story of one baby boy, forgotten by his family after an air raid in WW2 Plymouth, who then disappears. Based on a true story. A new Second World War novel from bestselling author Diney Costeloe, based on a gripping and moving true story. Plymouth, 1941. As sirens blare all around, the Shawbrook family take refuge in a packed shelter. Bombs have already begun to fall through the night sky when they realise their infant son, Freddie, has been forgotten in the rush, left to sleep in his crib. Terrified, Vera, his young mother races to find him and bring him to safety. The next morning, air raid warden David Shawbrook returns from his watch to find the shelter pulverised, and his family seemingly all dead. Dirty footprints inside their home betray the looters who have rifled through the house. Meanwhile, Maggie waits alone for her husband. Since the death of her infant son, she passes her days at home with neither joy nor aim. But not this morning. For this morning her husband has brought home a child, found abandoned in the aftermath of the terrible raid - a child she is sure is the one she held in her arms so many months before. Praise for Diney Costeloe: ' Truly captivating' Woman & Home ' This is a truly captivating read that brings together vibrant characters and a historical setting' Woman' s Own ' A gripping saga' My Weekly
PRAISE FOR DINEY COSTELOE: ' A treat from the very first page. I could not put it down!' Historical Novel Society on The Sisters of St Croix. ' Historical fiction heaven . . . Anyone who feels that women' s hist fict is a simplified genre sub-set would definitely need a rethink after this' Bookbag, Top Ten Women' s Fiction Books of 2016, on The Sisters of St Croix. ' Enlightening, compelling and emotional' * Living North, on The Throwaway Children *
Diney Costeloe is the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children, The Runaway Family, The Lost Soldier, The Sisters Of St Croix and The Girl With No Name. She divides her time between Somerset and West Cork.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781789543353
Published: 14 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Head of Zeus
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 448

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