In their mother's footsteps / Mary Wood.
By: Wood, Mary.
Publisher: Long Preston : Magna, 2018Edition: Large print edition.Description: 438 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750545235; 0750545232.Subject(s): Mothers and daughters -- Fiction | Twin sisters -- Fiction | Family reunions -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- England -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Two girls. One horrendous war. The chance to unite a family...Edith and Ada run a home for unmarried mothers in London's East End. Edith, a doctor, offers free medical help to the poor. Edith was separated from her twin girls Elka and Ania years before. She battles every day to overcome the pain of her past. Meanwhile, Ada struggles with a different type of fear - the threat of her dreaded sister returning. As the Nazis strengthen their grip on Poland, sisters Elka and Ania are forced to make a difficult decision. Should they travel to England to find their birth mother or stay and fight against an increasingly desperate regime?Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Available | 38055013124474 |
Two girls. One horrendous war. The chance to unite a family...Edith and Ada run a home for unmarried mothers in London's East End. Edith, a doctor, offers free medical help to the poor. Edith was separated from her twin girls Elka and Ania years before. She battles every day to overcome the pain of her past. Meanwhile, Ada struggles with a different type of fear - the threat of her dreaded sister returning. As the Nazis strengthen their grip on Poland, sisters Elka and Ania are forced to make a difficult decision. Should they travel to England to find their birth mother or stay and fight against an increasingly desperate regime?
Adult.