An Orphan’s War: One of the best historical fiction books you will read in 2018

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An Orphan’s War: One of the best historical fiction books you will read in 2018
Molly Green

War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnardo’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan’s War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front.LIVERPOOL, 1940When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband – she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in this awful war, Maxine takes a nursing job at London’s St Thomas’s hospital.A BROKEN HEARTShe takes comfort in the attentions of a handsome surgeon, but Edwin Blake isn’t all he seems. And as the Blitz descends on the capital, Maxine faces more heartache. When she returns to Liverpool, she harbours a secret.A BRAVE SPIRITWhen Maxine is offered a job at a Dr Barnardo’s orphanage, she hopes this is the second chance she has been looking for. Do the orphans know that she needs them as much as they need her?A gripping story of love, friendship and hope in the darkest of places. Molly Green is an exciting new voice in saga fiction, perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn.

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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Source ISBN: 9780008238971

Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008238988

Version: 2018-04-09

Dedication (#u130aaeb4-2816-5b87-bfe6-6f557d96400b)

For the five nurses who were killed on 10th September 1940 when a bomb completely destroyed the Nurses’ Wing at St Thomas’ Hospital (I have changed their names in the novel).

To all Dr Barnardo’s children during the Second World War who were the inspiration for this series.

Lastly, to all those who served in the RAF’s Coastal Command.

Table of Contents

Cover (#ue5829c26-9955-589e-9628-487a0deb0bd2)

Title Page (#uffe17818-6bbe-5145-a87f-20c5996a911b)

Copyright (#u15bb537d-ed40-53cf-bf73-f18019684bac)

Dedication (#uba25f0e6-fd56-57d7-89b0-dc2e2ea47e44)

Chapter One (#u8d77c70a-028f-5467-be08-ee1e90bc18b5)

Chapter Two (#uc3bc74e5-7c4d-5ca6-8868-7a5483a86663)

Chapter Three (#u6986d0ed-5e21-5776-9b54-036f1e2d57c6)

Chapter Four (#u013a309a-cd17-56d7-9877-97e34ade9150)

Chapter Five (#u0fac2c84-ef1a-5818-a0d5-79b56aaec5b4)

Chapter Six (#u0654638d-0eae-5258-86ad-848930b4da25)

Chapter Seven (#u17a3a05e-fe52-5fc3-84d6-2999e0017e29)

Chapter Eight (#uc14bbe82-5401-5ed3-be51-43245906267a)

Chapter Nine (#ue978d7bf-c5db-5e82-be8d-8e55a4ec21a5)

Chapter Ten (#u825a6a4b-fd32-5562-86f8-d1bdd80acb28)

Chapter Eleven (#u037450a1-c7d3-50f8-9eb3-781669c7df53)

Chapter Twelve (#uff43de75-88bf-55a4-8cb4-eeea748ef3fa)

Chapter Thirteen (#u26114651-7424-586b-9ad8-2ee476bc2732)

Chapter Fourteen (#uf29d7b01-2506-54d3-ba2f-7f8be41442e2)

Chapter Fifteen (#u8d8c34af-12f9-5dba-930c-af9d822deed2)

Chapter Sixteen (#u76fe1fae-f64f-5526-843e-03634460fc5a)

Chapter Seventeen (#u04391062-306b-533c-b89c-141c3ba41cb8)

Chapter Eighteen (#u08e8ae67-be9f-5f67-b6e4-747762c6b45e)

Chapter Nineteen (#udfc22810-0cbf-5c6f-9da4-bda1aee4427d)

Chapter Twenty (#u3203b69d-3d60-5c64-a0b0-d2afabd97a37)

Chapter Twenty-One (#ue7391ffd-c6d6-540d-a064-19a89770cdab)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#uabe96818-e0f4-532a-be4a-83c0e06f3e56)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#uf08a1b88-76cf-5331-b1f3-c4768c5c39fe)

Chapter Twenty-Four (#ub9f03b32-679a-5187-b1bc-4d6f3a3497e6)

Chapter Twenty-Five (#u084c1a67-be95-512a-b287-d0c43e31f190)

Chapter Twenty-Six (#u6be4b94a-5dfa-5af6-b5ee-6468db96faf6)

Chapter Twenty-Seven (#u56a187f0-01c9-5c5b-a549-a1bd70e1cc71)

Chapter Twenty-Eight (#u6521220e-8c51-5cce-886b-638f848ef076)

Chapter Twenty-Nine (#u2d3b462a-5c6f-5e25-b409-0781cb302f8e)

Chapter Thirty (#u54d7626f-8dac-57ca-a24f-d61e4a985ec7)

Chapter Thirty-One (#uc1589baf-38c1-51dc-8fab-caa22cc657fa)

Chapter Thirty-Two (#u3790dbdf-1d5b-56fa-aab0-c552a8e24497)

Chapter Thirty-Three (#u7f0123fd-a72b-5ec4-8401-0bad144eeec6)

Chapter Thirty-Four (#u4b7c441c-fe39-571a-891a-293f3eee5552)

Chapter Thirty-Five (#ue8a97b0c-a292-54fe-a687-6ccba8d98bdd)

Chapter Thirty-Six (#u7159ce1e-30b5-5692-a1a4-8d77a3fe47da)

Chapter Thirty-Seven (#u1392d29e-a6a3-5f71-b21c-69780494625b)

Chapter Thirty-Eight (#u4f7804e3-5902-5475-b435-e2493cf1830a)

After … (#uee03eb3a-9d32-546b-9dac-14cff8d18bf4)

Acknowledgements (#u5738edfb-0d49-526f-9216-2a25f00ce9f4)

Keep Reading … (#ua83b7530-dd72-54b4-a140-fc5628cc9768)

About the Author (#u06b0028b-862c-571c-82db-7d8f9d8e08d7)

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