Flora and Grace
By: Maureen Lee
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781471347221; 9781471347238
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Fiction; Social aspects
Description: 1944: On a beautiful spring morning in Switzerland, teenager Flora Knox sees a cattle train pulling a fleet of slatted trucks. Flora runs to the train as it slowly clatters through the station, and as she does so, a filthy bundle of rags is pushed out into her arms. Through the slats of the carriage, she hears a woman's voice whisper: 'Take him. His name is Simon.' As the train disappears, Flora is left holding a tiny baby boy. Everything looks just the same as it did moments before - the sun, the sky, the station - but nothing will ever be the same again.
Notes: Originally published: London: Orion.