Description
| Product ID: | 9781472258014 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Child On Platform One |
| Subtitle: | Inspired by true events, a gripping World War 2 historical novel for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz |
| Authors: | Author: Gill Thompson |
| Page Count: | 432 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Second World War fiction, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Inspired by the extraordinary true events of the Kindertransport, which rescued Jewish children from Nazi Germany, a heartrending novel about two mothers and the little girl whose life they save. Inspired by the real-life escape of thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe on the Kindertransport trains to London. Prague 1939. Young mother Eva has a secret from her past. When the Nazis invade, Eva knows the only way to keep her daughter Miriam safe is to send her away - even if it means never seeing her again. But when Eva is taken to a concentration camp, her secret is at risk of being exposed. In London, Pamela volunteers to help find places for the Jewish children arrived from Europe. Befriending one unclaimed little girl, Pamela brings her home. It is only when her young son enlists in the RAF that Pamela realizes how easily her own world could come crashing down. For readers of Heather Morris''sThe Tattooist of Auschwitz, Edith Eger''s The Choice and Martha Hall Kelly''sLilac Girls. |
| Imprint Name: | Headline Review |
| Publisher Name: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-19 |
