Shaz's Book Blog

Reviewed by Emma Crowley  After her husband died fighting for their country, Winnie is heartbroken, reeling, and suddenly solely responsible...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley Emmeline’s daughter, Lydia, has already been evacuated and now, as Emmeline loses neighbours and friends to the bom...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley With the country on the brink of war, single mother Jean embraces her ten-year-old daughter, Valerie, before she pu...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley When Clara Newton became House Mother of Shilling Grange Orphanage, it was only supposed to be temporary, a job to ...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley Clara Newton has dedicated her life to taking care of orphans who have nobody in the world but her. From affectiona...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley  When Clara Newton’s American pilot fiancé died during the war, she thought she might never heal. But now she has a...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley When Clara Newton’s fiancé died during World War Two, she thought her life was over. But now she looks after orphan...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley Clara Newton is the new Housemother of Shilling Grange Orphanage. Many of the children have been bombed out of thei...

 Reviewed by Emma Crowley The Nazis are everywhere now. We must leave Vienna. It might be that soon our letters won’t get out anymore. Can y...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley London, 1943. German bombs rain down on London, but Elaine Parker knows her job transcribing letters from far-awa...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley We stand in the back of the hall as the children troop in. Big ones, little ones. Straggly hair, cropped hair, cu...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley As a teenager in Chicago, May always dreamed of travelling the world. So when she meets handsome George Turner, s...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley 1914 - Two young nurses pledge to help the war effort: Mairi, a wholesome idealist hoping to leave behind her pas...