Last night we changed the hour, as in we slept an hour less, and typically I’m not affected by it, but I guess staying in the room for a few days now is changing my sense of time. It feels weird, but I’m glad I’m back to talking about books.
Hey Everyone,
As you know, I’ve been trying a new thing for me, where I share a book I love and provide a free eBook link to it, if possible.
Why did I pick this book?
As I wrote in my wrap-up, I started a historical fiction series, Orphans of St Agnes, by Janne Ness, and I picked The Home for War Orphans for this post. I will admit that for the first few chapters, I didn’t think I would get into the story as I did since the plot/story was slow in the beginning. The main character, Helen Taylor, is a nurse who has experienced a lot of things that have shaped who she is and who she has become. As I said in the wrap-up, the ending wasn’t the best in my opinion, and I can say that book two is going in the opposite direction I thought it would. Plus, now I know the reason why the blurb doesn’t mention Helen, or I think I do.
First Lines:
I pushed at the crowd with increasing desperation. “Excusez-moi, madame, monsieur.” But no one moved an inch to let me pass, even as they saw the crying baby in my arms.
The southbound train whistled shrilly above the packed platform of the Gare de Lyon. The men around me muttered desperate curses, pressing forward. But there was nowhere to go. The train sitting on the tracks was already bursting, packed with hot, panting passengers like livestock headed to market. Young French soldiers stood nearby, futilely ordering people against pushing towards the train. But as they were unwilling to actually shoot, it was impossible to stop us.
Goodreads Blurb:
Paris, 1940.Golden light bathes the crumbling rooftop of the orphanage. I stroke my little sister’s hair and comfort the other war orphans climbing into the rickety truck. We must leave the only home we have left, or the Nazis will find us…
Margot has spent most of her life at St Agnes’ Orphanage with her little sister Lucie. She does her best to care for all the children, cradling them under the stars when Sister Helen can’t get them to sleep. But she knows that when the Nazis reach the gates of Paris, the Jewish orphans will be in terrible danger. She must help them escape…
Holding on tightly to Lucie as they all scramble into a truck bound for the countryside, Margot cannot prevent her hands from shaking. Then one night, by the flickering light of the makeshift fire, Sister Helen tells Margot she has found a rich family to take Lucie in. But there will be no safety for the other children – unless Margot can lead them to the French coast for a ship destined for America.
Looking from her sister’s bright blue eyes to the little patchwork teddy the children share, Margot realises she must trust someone else with the only family she has left. But as soon as the wrought-iron gates of Lucie’s new home slam shut, Margot knows she’s made a mistake. Devastated at being left behind with strangers, Lucie runs away.
Margot knows the only place Lucie will run to is the high stone walls of the orphanage, where she last knew warmth and food and comfort. With fear in her heart, Margot is faced with an impossible choice. Should she race to save her sister from a terrible fate, or make sure the other orphans escape?
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Alex
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