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The Star and the Shamrock

By: Jean Grainger
Narrated by: Siobhan Waring
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Ariella Bannon has no choice: she must put her precious children, Liesl and Erich, on that train or allow them to become prey for the Nazis.

Berlin 1939.

When her husband doesn’t come home one day, Ariella realises that the only way she can ensure her Jewish children’s safety is to avail of the Kindertransport, but can she bear to let them go?

A thousand miles away, Elizabeth Klein has closed herself off from the world. Losing her husband on the last day of the Great War, and her child months later, she cannot, will not, love again. It hurts too much.

But she is all Liesl and Erich Bannon have.

Thrown together in the wild countryside of Northern Ireland, Elizabeth and the Bannon children discover that life in the country is anything but tranquil. Danger and intrigue lurk everywhere, and some people are not what they seem.

From the streets of wartime Berlin, to the bombed out city of Liverpool, and finally resting in the lush valleys of the Ards Penisula, The Star and The Shamrock from USA Today bestselling author Jean Grainger, is utterly binge-worthy.

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Kept me absorbed all the way through and about to start book 2. I am confident the next book will be as good.

Great Read

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Loved the story, learnt some things about WW2i wasn’t aware of. Loved the narration .
Heartwarming , mystery, intrigue

Fabulous!

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Heart wrenching story and well narrated, can’t wait to listen to more of Jean Graingers novels .

Wonderful Read

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This story is beautiful. The writing takes you right back into the time and gives an insight into the hard times endured in WWII. I can’t wait to listed to the sequel.

Heart wrenching

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I hadn't read or heard a book on the kinder transport until this and I found it so very interesting. Well researched and written, heart warming and though provoking. Excellent book

Such a wonderful story

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This was of the best stories I have listened to is a while.. loved to sensitivity of the writing,. everything you need in a story. excellent narration.

Really Great

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This book had me absorbed from start to finish, an interesting story, another great read! Thank you

Great read!

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