Letters From The Lighthouse

Name: Letters From The Lighthouse
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Emma Carroll
ISBN: 9781839636820

Author: Emma Carroll

Narrator: Victoria Fox

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Published: 11/01/2017

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

"February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. But Olive has a secret of her own. Her older sister Sukie went missing in an air raid, and she's desperate to discover what happened to her.

Interest Age 8+"

About Emma Carroll

Emma Carroll is the multi award-winning author of many bestselling historical stories, including Secrets of a Sun King, Letters from the Lighthouse, The Week at World’s End and A Night at the Frost Fair. With a background as an English teacher, her stories are often magical, and always led by a cast of impressive female characters. She lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two talkative terriers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma

Well what can I say Emma Carroll has brought an enlightened and heart wrenching version of events during WW2 with the poignancy of Good Night Mr Tom and the sad reality of the plight of Jewish refugees trying to flee to the UK. This book portrays both the light and shade of humanity in its truest fo......more