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What Was Rescued

By: Jane Bailey
Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan, Heather Wilds
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In the autumn of 1940, four children meet on a train. Behind them is London, under heavy aerial attack; ahead of them is a ship bound for the safe shores of Canada. Arthur has promised his mother not to let his little brother, Philip, out of his sight. Pippa and Dora are on their own: polar opposites, brought together by the adventure of a lifetime. But disaster strikes mid-Atlantic, and in the chaos one of the children makes a choice that will determine the course of their lives forever.

As the years pass and the survivors become adults - forging their futures and falling in love - they are still haunted by the events of that night at sea. It's not just what was lost that darkens their lives: what was rescued casts a long shadow, too. One of them has a terrible secret that they thought sank with the ship. But a secret is just a truth waiting to be revealed, and this secret could shatter everything.

©2017 Jane Bailey. (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Family Life Literary Fiction Historical Fiction 20th Century
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Great story

Enthralling read, thoroughly enjoyed this book. Easy to read and simple to follow. I recommend it.

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Good all round read

Good story with some twists and turns, action throughout, not just idle words that so many seem to have. Obvious ending but still rather nice.

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not liked

I listened to the first 6 chapters and it did not grab my attention so I did not listen to the whole book.

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