When the Children Came Home. Stories of Wartime Evacuees, Paperback - Julie Summers

A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during the Second World War and the families they left behind

The true story of the millions of people, mostly unaccompanied children, evacuated during the Second World War.

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