Poppy's War - Hardcover

Baxter, Lily

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750534559 ISBN 13: 9780750534550

Publisher: Magna Large Print Books, 2011

Synopsis

Would she ever see him again? Thirteen-year-old Poppy Brown is evacuated to a village in Dorset with nothing but her gas mask and a change of clothes. Billeted at a grand country house, she is devastated when she hears her family has been killed in the Blitz. Moved on once more, she earns a meagre income as a hospital cleaner, and as soon as she is able to, she starts her training as a nurse. While the man she loves is fighting in the skies above Europe, Poppy battles with the day-to-day hardships and dangers of wartime, wondering if she'll ever see him again.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Internationally bestselling author Dilly Court writing as Lily Baxter returns with another emotional, heart-pounding saga set in World War II England.

In 1939, thirteen-year-old Poppy is forced to evacuate her London home and flee to a grand country house on the coast of England. Alone and frightened, she arrives with only a set of clothes, a gas mask, and memories of the family she left behind, whom she may never see again. But the cruel inhabitants of the house make life a misery for her, and she longs for the love she once took for granted.

The years pass, the endless war rages on, and Poppy grows into a lovely young woman determined to do her part. Training as a nurse, she meets a dashing pilot who captures her heart and, for the first time in years, reminds her of life before the war.

While England battles over land, sea, and sky, Poppy must fight every day to gain the family she's always wanted, to find the love she's been missing, and to discover who she truly is.

About the Author:

Lily Baxter lives in Dorset. Poppy's War is her first novel. She also writes under the name of Dilly Court.

About this edition

• Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0750534559
• ISBN 13: 9780750534550
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400