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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Fleming, Leah.     Subjects     Orphans -- England -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction.     Yorkshire (England) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fleming, Leah.       by title:      War girl / Leah Flem...       by call number:      FICTION FLE     Search the Web     Fleming, Leah.     Orphans -- England -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction.     Yorkshire (England) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.       MARC Display

War girl / Leah Fleming. by Fleming, Leah. Avon, 2022. Call #: FICTION FLE Subjects Orphans -- England -- Fiction.   World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction.   Yorkshire (England) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780008471262 (trade pbk.) Description:  440 p. ; 24 cm. Notes:  Originally published in hardcover as The girl from World's End: London : HarperCollins, 2007. Summary:  When 8-year-old Mirren Gilchrist is orphaned after a tragic accident, she is sent to live with her estranged relatives deep in the Yorkshire Dales. She struggles to fit in, her town ways a mystery to the country children. One day, fleeing school-- and the cane-- she takes refuge from a fierce snowstorm in the ruins of a stone cottage. Legend has it that World's End is haunted but Mirren has finally found somewhere she can call home and her love affair with this magical place begins. It's the place she falls in love with Jack, the place she secretly hopes will one day become their very own. But the Second World War arrives and everything is thrown into turmoil. Jack returns from leave a changed man-- violent and uncaring, a cruel streak shining though. Mirren struggles to cope with the transformed Jack and new motherhood. Then tragedy strikes and history looks set to repeat itself. Is heartache here to stay or can Mirren find solace and inspiration in the only place she has ever felt truly safe? Genre:  Historical fiction. Other authors:  Fleming, Leah. Girl from World's End. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION FLE Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION FLE Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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