Ann Bennett

• Nov-2024
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'The lorry is ready to take you to the train station, ' the soldier announced, and Marta clung to her little sister. 'I want to stay with her, ' Marta said, voice shaking. 'It is not possible. You belong in the Reich, ' the officer said. 'And she doe...

• Oct-2024
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A gripping, emotional drama of love and courage set in the Philippines during WW2.1960: Nancy Drayton, an American nurse living on Lake Sebu, is visited by a stranger who hands her some faded letters, given to her by a dying man. Reading them transpo...

• Aug-2024
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Munich, 1943. My heart breaks as I watch the smug couple carry the tiny bundle into their sinister black limousine. Carefully I write the baby's name into my secret notebook. No matter the danger, I will do everything I can to reunite him with his mo...

• Apr-2024
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• Oct-2023
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A sweeping wartime tale of secrets and love, mystery and redemption, moving from the snow-capped Himalayas to the steamy heat of battle in the Burmese jungle.Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries, Victoria Hislop and Rosie Thomas.Hampshire, UK, 2015. Wh...

• May-2023
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Paris, 1941. As we drive down the cobbled street, I take in the red banners with swastikas covering every building. Suddenly a group of guards appears in the street. I duck beneath the window of the car, and my heart thumps as my hand jumps to my che...

• Mar-2023
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From Ann Bennett, bestselling author of The Orphan House, comes The Lake Villa, a spellbinding story of one woman's journey to uncover long-buried secrets in French Indochina.Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Victoria Hislop.Indochina 1939, Cole...

• Apr-2022
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From Ann Bennett, bestselling author of The Orphan House, comes The Lake Pagoda, a captivating story of love and loss set in war-torn Indochina.Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Victoria Hislop.French Indochina 1945: Arielle, the daughter of a F...

• Feb-2022
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Inspired by the true stories of the forgotten orphans of World War II, this heart-wrenching and moving tale about fighting for loved ones when all hope is lost will be perfect for fans of Kelly Rimmer, Shirley Dickson, and Natasha Lester.Agnes was ru...

• Nov-2021
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From Ann Bennett, bestselling author of The Orphan House, comes The Lake Palace, an enchanting historical novel set in British India during the Burma Campaign in WWII.Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries, Victoria Hislop and The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie ...

• Apr-2021
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From Ann Bennett, bestselling author of The Orphan House, comes The Lake Pavilion, a sweeping historical novel; the story of two women connected by devastating secrets from wartime England and British India of the 1930s.Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeff...

• Sep-2020
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I'll never forget the night when everything changed. I saw the first glimmers of daylight over the roofs from the window before I heard it. We were used to air raids by then and I recognised German engines, but something felt different this time. The...

• Jul-2020
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett, comes a heart-breaking story of love and loss set in World War 2 Burma.In 1980, Edith Mayhew, proprietor of the Tea Planter's Club in Calcutta, is preparing to sell up after years of decline. She thinks back to ...

• Mar-2020
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Two women uncover the secrets of the past in this emotional and poignant story that’s perfect for fans of Lisa Wingate and Kristina McMorris. 1934: Connie Burroughs loves living in the orphanage that her father runs in the English coun...

• Feb-2020
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett, comes a new, heart-breaking novel set in Singapore, during World War Two.Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Victoria Hislop.After her mother's death, Lara discovers a beautiful amulet amongst her belongings,...

• Feb-2020
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes another heartbreaking novel of love, loss and survival during WW2.​Determined to settle old scores from the war years, Sirinya returns to her native Thailand, where once she risked everything to help ...

• Feb-2020
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes another heartbreaking novel of love, loss and survival during WW2.Determined to settle old scores from the war years, Sirinya returns to her native Thailand, where once she risked everything to help prisone...

• Oct-2019
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• Oct-2019
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes a haunting and powerful novel of love and loss during World War 2 Malaya.'A vivid account of a brutal period, and a searing exploration of trauma, memory and loss..' The Lady Magazine.1938: Juliet and her s...

• Oct-2019
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes a haunting and powerful novel of love and loss during World War 2 Malaya.'A vivid account of a brutal period, and a searing exploration of trauma, memory and loss..' The Lady Magazine.1938: Juliet and h...

• Jun-2019
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From award-winning author, Ann Bennett, comes a captivating story of love and loss set in Burma during WWII and the 1988 pro-democracy uprising.Tragic events from WW2 echo down through three generations of women ...Ninety-year old Grace has lived a l...

• May-2019
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes a captivating WW2 novel of love and survival - a daughter's journey of discovery and a soldier's strength in the bleakest of times.When Laura Ellis, a successful city lawyer, arrives home to see her dying f...

• Jan-2015
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• Jun-2013
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Set in the Far East before and during the Second World War, Bamboo Heart captures the suffering and courage of prisoners of war of the Japanese. It tells the story of Tom Ellis, a prisoner enslaved on the infamous Death Railway in Thailand, and chart...

• Dec-2008
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Smiley Wilson Jr. The neighborhood Dirty Handyman is a whimsical story about a handyman who will accept any job no matter how dangerous the assignment just to satisfy his many customers. Sadly Smiley falls, seriously ill to an infection he contracted...