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The storm child / Rita Bradshaw.

By: Bradshaw, Rita [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Leicester [England] : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2023Edition: Large print editionDescription: 450 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750550512Subject(s): Adoptees -- Fiction | Orphans -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books. Summary: It's winter, and in the throes of a fierce blizzard Elsie Redfern and her husband discover an unknown girl in their hay barn, about to give birth. After the young mother dies, Elsie takes the infant in and raises her as her own daughter, her precious storm child. Gina grows into a beautiful little girl, yet her safe haven turns out to be anything but. Torn away from her home and family, the child finds herself in a nightmare from which there's no waking. However, despite her misery and bewilderment, she is determined to survive. Years pass. With Gina's womanhood comes the Second World War, along with more heartbreak, grief and betrayal. Then a new but dangerous love beckons. Can Gina ever escape the dark legacy of the storm child?

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Northam Northam Large Print	F BRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	30/04/2024	31111083134609

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It's winter, and in the throes of a fierce blizzard Elsie Redfern and her husband discover an unknown girl in their hay barn, about to give birth. After the young mother dies, Elsie takes the infant in and raises her as her own daughter, her precious storm child. Gina grows into a beautiful little girl, yet her safe haven turns out to be anything but. Torn away from her home and family, the child finds herself in a nightmare from which there's no waking. However, despite her misery and bewilderment, she is determined to survive. Years pass. With Gina's womanhood comes the Second World War, along with more heartbreak, grief and betrayal. Then a new but dangerous love beckons. Can Gina ever escape the dark legacy of the storm child?

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