Rachel's secret
By: Susan Sallis
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: ISIS; Ulverscroft Audio (U.S.A.); Isis Large Print Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; West Seneca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780753181621; 9780753181638
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Fiction; Friendship in children; Women journalists; War brides
Description: An engrossing and heartwarming novel from this beloved bestselling authorIn 1943, two schoolgirls, Rachel and Meriel, best friends in the Gloucestershire city where they have grown up, amuse themselves by tracking down imaginary German spies. It all seems a harmless way of whiling away the long school holidays ... until their game turns into a frightening reality, the consequences of which affect their whole lives. Rachel becomes a reporter on the local paper while Meriel, a GI bride, goes to live in Florida. But the bonds that hold them together can never be broken, as the secrets and scandals which first surfaced in those far-off wartime days eventually come to light.
Notes: Originally published: London: Bantam.