A Different World, Mary Nichols
A Different World, Mary Nichols
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A Different World

Author: Mary Nichols

Narrator: Penelope Freeman

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 09/01/2014

Categories: Fiction, Sagas


Synopsis

1939. Warsaw, Poland. Pilot Jan Grabowski receives orders that take him to the heart of the escalating conflict. He leaves behind his wife, Rulka, who sees Poland overcome by the Nazis. In constant danger and amid cruel reprisals, she joins the Resistance. Norfolk. Louise Fairhurst's war is very different. Evacuated with her class of ten-year-olds from London she finds herself acting mother as well as teacher to the children. She has much to do settling city children down in the countryside, and she wonders whether she should have stayed in London until a chance meeting with Jan alters her path.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roz on March 09, 2019

I liked this book because it wasn't just set in England London 1939 . The beginning of World War II and thousands of children have been evacuated to safe homes in the country . Louise Fairhurst , a young teacher finds she and her class have become separated from the main body of the school . They hav......more

Goodreads review by Cherrie on September 06, 2020

This story was just beautiful. The author's writing was fantastic and the amount of research the author done to write this book was very obvious because of how detailed it was into everything. There wasn't anything I really disliked in the book although I would have liked a more definitive ending to......more

Goodreads review by Anne on December 02, 2016

This one has a theme very similar to A Farmer’s Daughter in that it involves the love between an English girl and a foreign national, in this case, a Polish airman. When Germany invades Poland at the start of WWII, pilot Jan Grabowski knows he must leave Poland or be arrested but he is reluctant to......more

Goodreads review by Rima on December 07, 2014

Fantastic fast paced description of the Polish view of WW2 and the despair that followed as well as a nice pinch of English countryside during the war. The characters are believable and their twists of fate keep you on edge. I love the non-judgemental attitude of the main characters in this book.......more