When The War Came Home

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Lesley ParrNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 27Cover type: Paperback...

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

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