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An act of love / Carol Drinkwater.

It was an idyllic summer. Until they had to escape. France, 1943 Forced to flee war ravaged Poland, Sara and her parents are offered refuge in a beautiful but dilapidated house in the French alps. It seems the perfect hideaway, despite haunting traces of the previous occupants who left in haste. But shadows soon fall over Sara's blissful summer, and her blossoming romance with local villager Alain. As the Nazis close in, the family is forced to make a harrowing choice that could drive them apart forever, while Sara's own bid for freedom risks several lives. Will Sara be reunited with those she loves? And can she ever find her way back to Alain?

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C9009726483 F DRI
Adult fiction   Smithfield Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781405933360
Author Drinkwater, Carol. author.
Title An act of love / Carol Drinkwater.
Published Penguin Books, 2021. United Kingdom :
Physical description 434 pages ; 20 cm.
Summary It was an idyllic summer. Until they had to escape. France, 1943 Forced to flee war ravaged Poland, Sara and her parents are offered refuge in a beautiful but dilapidated house in the French alps. It seems the perfect hideaway, despite haunting traces of the previous occupants who left in haste. But shadows soon fall over Sara's blissful summer, and her blossoming romance with local villager Alain. As the Nazis close in, the family is forced to make a harrowing choice that could drive them apart forever, while Sara's own bid for freedom risks several lives. Will Sara be reunited with those she loves? And can she ever find her way back to Alain?
Subject Refugees -- Fiction
Polish people -- France -- Fiction
Villages -- France -- Fiction
Nazis -- Fiction
Decision making -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction
Historical fiction
War fiction
Romance fiction
France -- Fiction
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