Where the Heart Lies, Ellie Dean
Where the Heart Lies, Ellie Dean
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Where the Heart Lies

Author: Ellie Dean

Series: Cliffehaven Series #4

Narrator: Annie Aldington

Unabridged: 11 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/21/2013

Categories: Fiction, Sagas, Family Life


Synopsis

February 1941. Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William.

Determined to uphold her promise to her sister to keep William safe until his father, Bill, returns from the war, she accepts a post as a midwife in Cliffehaven on the south-coast of England. Here they are taken under the wing of the Reilly family at the Beach View boarding house.

But all too soon Julie learns that Bill is ‘missing in action’ and William falls dangerously ill. As she begins the long vigil by William’s beside, she fears she will lose the little boy she has grown to love as her own…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jane on March 11, 2019

Love this series great characters and stories......more

Goodreads review by Ingrid on April 17, 2020

Née en Tasmanie, Tamara McKinley vit à présent dans un hameau du Sussex. Sa saga La pension du Bord de Mer, qui se déroule en pleine Seconde Guerre mondiale, rencontre un vif succès. Ce roman, Là où le cœur se pose, en est le quatrième volet et c’est toujours avec le même plaisir qu’on retrouve la p......more

Goodreads review by Mary on February 01, 2018

never heard of this author before but so wish I had. fantastically written great characters and a wonderful story. will definitely be reading more. best book so far in 2018......more

Goodreads review by Zélie on December 28, 2018

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Goodreads review by Aurora on October 11, 2023

Couldn't wait to finish this book. I have never been so emotional so many times while reading. This is exactly the type of book I have been looking for all my life. The way Ellie Dean describes the pain of war is so beautiful and painful at the same time. I cried so many times when there was an atta......more


Quotes

THE FOURTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN

February 1941. Can love survive in a time of war? Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William. from the publisher's description

This compelling wartime tale will delight saga lovers. Choice magazine

Moving and heart-warming saga. Peterborough Evening Telegraph