As the bombs began to fall the book club kept their hopes alive... London 1938. Bookseller
Gertie Bingham is still grappling with the unimaginable loss of her beloved husband Harry and
with the lingering sadness of never having had a child of her own. Struggling to run the
cherished bookshop she and Harry opened together by herself Gertie is preparing to sell up and
move to the coast until she is asked to take in a young Jewish refugee. When headstrong
fifteen-year-old Hedy Fischer arrives at her door Gertie fears she has nothing left to give
the troubled girl. But when the Blitz begins and the lights go out over London Gertie and Hedy
realise that joining forces will make them stronger in the face of adversity and that books
have the power to unite a community in its darkest hour . . . 'A warm and tender tale about the
power of friendship and the magic of books' Ruth Hogan 'A sweet and nourishing ode to books
that historical fiction fans will love' KATE THOMPSON www.headline.co.uk [Twitter logo]
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