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Edie’s Home for Strays

‘A real page-turner full of wartime friendships, hope and love’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

On the Home Front, one girl is determined to make a difference.

But Edie’s hopes of serving overseas are dashed when she’s sent to be a Land Girl in a sleepy Cumbrian village.

Prue has shut the world out since her son went away to fight. Yet when she’s asked to take in a Land Girl and two little evacuees from London, she has no choice.

Edie’s heart breaks, seeing the children’s cold welcome. But when the evacuees take in a stray puppy, even Prue can’t say no.

It’s not long before Edie realises Applefield Manor could become a sanctuary to all those without a home in wartime. But can she persuade Prue to open her heart, and her home?

A moving, uplifting wartime story that fans of Dilly Court and Kitty Neale will love.

believable characters you can't help caring fora moving story of friendship and loveMolly Green‘A plucky heroine whose heart embraces any stray animal amidst a cast of – this is set against the backdrop of the Second World War’ , author ofA Sister’s Courage

heartwarming‘A lovely story that keeps you interested right till the end’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

unputdownable, upliftingtug at your heartstringsRosie Hendry‘An read which will ’ , author ofThe Mother’s Day Club

great British spirit‘A very feel-good story illustrating ! A brilliant conclusion that had tears of sadness and joy running down my face’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

so lovely to read‘I loved this book – it was and different from other wartime books I’ve read recently’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Readers are swept away by :Edie’s Home for Strays


Author:

  • Gracie Taylor

Narrator:

  • Dorothy Lawrence

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 13 h 40 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Fiction
  • Contemporary fiction
  • Historic and folklore novels
  • Historic novels
  • War novels
  • WWII fiction
  • Romance
  • Historic romance


  • 1 book

    Gracie Taylor

    Gracie Taylor grew up in rural West Yorkshire. After university she spent time in several different cities, but eventually returned to settle in the Dales. Gracie Taylor is a pen name for Lisa Firth, who also writes award-winning contemporary romantic comedies as Mary Jayne Baker and uplifting women’s fiction as Lisa Swift. Edie’s Home for Orphans is her first historical novel.

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