![]() ![]() But Tom finds distraction in Mary, first as her employer and then as their relationship quickly develops in the emotionally charged times. Alastair, an art restorer, has always seemed far removed from the violent life to which he has now condemned himself. Tom, an education administrator, is distraught when his best friend, Alastair, enlists. She is assigned as a teacher to children who were evacuated from London and have been rejected by the countryside because they are infirm, mentally disabled, or-like Mary’s favorite student, Zachary-have colored skin. It’s 1939 and Mary, a young socialite, is determined to shock her blueblood political family by volunteering for the war effort. A spellbinding novel about three unforgettable individuals thrown together by war, love, and their search for belonging in the ever-changing landscape of WWII London. ![]()
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