Almost a hero
By: by Ken McCoy
Edition: [Large print edition].
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Long Preston, North Yorkshire, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780750539999
Subjects: Bereavement; Fiction; Jazz musicians; Fathers and daughters; Armies
Description: "Billie Challinor's mother dies during an air raid, but the child grows up confident that in her jazz musician father Chas she has the best dad in the world. Seeking refuge from the London Blitz by moving to Leeds, kindly landlady Liz Morris befriends them: the scarred, wisecracking man, who isn't afraid to overstep the mark if the cause is a good one, and his clever and resilient little girl. Billie needs every ounce of courage she possesses when her father joins the Army just before the D-Day landings and fails to return"--Publisher description.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London : Piatkus, 2014.