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082 0 4 _a823.914
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100 1 _aFlynn, Katie.
_92544
245 1 2 _aA mother's hope /
_c Katie Flynn.
260 _aLondon :
_b Arrow,
_c 2009.
300 _a468 p. ;
_c 24 cm.
520 _aAlong a blacked-out wartime street a girl is scurrying, a basket on one arm. As sirens begin and bombs crash down, she is filled with panic and, with a heavy heart, abandons her burden in a sheltered doorway, meaning to return later. Even as she disappears in the resulting chaos, the bundle in the basket begins to wail. Years later, two young unfortunates meet on a November day. Martin has been desperately trying to hitch a lift along the lonely windswept road and when he sees a weeping girl in front of him, he hurries to catch her up. Rose and Martin become unlikely companions until they go their separate ways, not expecting to meet again. However, fate decrees otherwise...
650 0 _aChance
_v Fiction.
_95278
650 0 _aLiverpool (England)
_x Social conditions
_v Fiction.
_910696
596 _a1
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