| Title |
When we were brave
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| Names |
Kelman, Suzanne.
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| Book Number |
DB129184
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| Title Status |
In Process
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| Language |
English
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| Annotation |
"1944, Cornwall: Blinded by love, Vivienne Hamilton eloped to Paris with a Nazi prisoner-of-war, never to be seen again. A disgrace to her family, her name would not be mentioned by any of her relatives for over 75 years. Present day, London: When Sophie discovers a photograph of her great aunt Vivi from World War Two, it throws her into a world of confusion. Because, as she learns about this secret relative, she quickly realises that the photograph doesn't fit with her family's story. It shows Vivi leaving an address associated with a spy network in London--a place she had no reason to be--and it is dated right before she disappeared. Meanwhile Sophie's own life feels as blasted and bombed as the blitzed city in the photograph she's looking at. Her beautiful daughter--as full of joy and wild energy as Vivi had apparently once been--is gone; and Sophie's heart has been left broken into pieces. Retreating to the family home in rural Cornwall to seek solace from her pain and the feelings of guilt that she could have done more to protect her daughter, Sophie finds herself becoming obsessed with Vivi's life. But nothing can prepare Sophie for what she is about to uncover--the story of a woman who risked everything for the person she loved the most; and a secret family history that could be the key to Sophie's own future."-- Provided by publisher -- Some descriptions of sex.
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| Medium |
Digital Books
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| Audience Notes |
Contains some descriptions of sex. NLS/BPH
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| Local Subject |
Novels
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Family Stories - Fiction - FAM
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American fiction - Pre 1970 - 813
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American literature in English - 810
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| LC Subject |
Spy fiction
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Aunts - Fiction
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Family secrets - Fiction
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Grief - Fiction
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Mothers and daughters - Fiction
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World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons - Fiction
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World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Fiction
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World War, 1939-1945 - Great Britain - Fiction
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Cornwall (England : County) - Fiction
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Domestic fiction
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Fiction
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Historical fiction
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Spy stories
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| Call Number |
813.6 AFI
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| Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress,
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| Original Publication |
Recorded from: London : Bookouture, 2020. 9781838882518
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