The Air Raid Book Club - Annie Lyons
Category: Historical Fiction
Tags: Historical Fiction
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett comes a heartwarming story of found family, love, and making connections through books set against the bombing of London during WWII., London, 1938: The bookstore just doesnt feel the same to Gertie Bingham ever since the death of her beloved husband Harry. Bingham Books was a dream they shared together, and without Harry, Gertie wonders if its time to take her faithful old lab, Hemingway, and retire to the seaside. But fate has other plans for Gertie., In Germany, Hitler is on the rise, and Jewish families are making the heart-wrenching decision to send their children away from the growing turmoil. After a nudge from her dear friend Charles, Gertie decides to take in one of these refugees, a headstrong teenage girl named Hedy. Willful and fearless, Hedy reminds Gertie of herself at the same age, and shows her that she cant give up just yet. With the terrible threat of war on the horizon, the world needs pe
