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Perfect sequel
This was a really nice sequel to the first book. This book picks up directly where part one left off, so I had to get into it, as who was who again? Norah and Jim and the sisters Mireille and Amélie (in book one her name first was Amy) I still knew them, but I lost the names of Norah's sister, her parents and mother-in-law, but after the first chapter I was completely back in!
At the end of the first book, the two sisters Mireille and Amélie have just lost their sister Linet. Not in the sense that she died, but their stepfather, after first sending her to a boarding school, had her evacuated abroad via CORB (The Children's Overseas Reception Board).
Between March and September 1940, 1,532 children were evacuated to Canada, 577 to Australia; 353 to South Africa and 202 to New Zealand. This is not fiction this really happened. So while children from Germany, among others, were coming to Britain, the British government was sending its own children, mostly orphans, to countries of the Commonwealth.
This is because their stepfather had informed the organisation that Linet's older sisters had died.
During the book, both sisters try to get more information from CORB after identifying themselves as Linet's sisters. Since this, of course, is not believed without a struggle, they have to make some efforts in this regard. This story, the search for Linet, is a running thread throughout the book.
But a lot more happens in the book. Mireille and Amélie both go to work, meet men who play a part in the story and Mireille joins the Special Forces and goes to France, she obviously speaks French so she is a fine asset to the service.
The story of the sisters is well paced, both have equal focus and go through a lot. The stories are not told separately, no in a single chapter we jump from France back to Britain and back again.
No more loose threads at the end of this book, everything comes to a nice ending.
Characters = 9 | Atmosphere = 9 | Writing Style = 9 | Plot = 8 | Intrigue = 9 | Logic = 8 | Enjoyment = 9 | Score 8,71 = 4 stars
At the end of the first book, the two sisters Mireille and Amélie have just lost their sister Linet. Not in the sense that she died, but their stepfather, after first sending her to a boarding school, had her evacuated abroad via CORB (The Children's Overseas Reception Board).
Between March and September 1940, 1,532 children were evacuated to Canada, 577 to Australia; 353 to South Africa and 202 to New Zealand. This is not fiction this really happened. So while children from Germany, among others, were coming to Britain, the British government was sending its own children, mostly orphans, to countries of the Commonwealth.
This is because their stepfather had informed the organisation that Linet's older sisters had died.
During the book, both sisters try to get more information from CORB after identifying themselves as Linet's sisters. Since this, of course, is not believed without a struggle, they have to make some efforts in this regard. This story, the search for Linet, is a running thread throughout the book.
But a lot more happens in the book. Mireille and Amélie both go to work, meet men who play a part in the story and Mireille joins the Special Forces and goes to France, she obviously speaks French so she is a fine asset to the service.
The story of the sisters is well paced, both have equal focus and go through a lot. The stories are not told separately, no in a single chapter we jump from France back to Britain and back again.
No more loose threads at the end of this book, everything comes to a nice ending.
Characters = 9 | Atmosphere = 9 | Writing Style = 9 | Plot = 8 | Intrigue = 9 | Logic = 8 | Enjoyment = 9 | Score 8,71 = 4 stars
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