BOOK BY: Melanie Dobson
Another fantastic World War Two story by Melanie Dobson.
Grace Tonquin is an American Quaker who travelled overseas to help Spanish children escape into France during an uprising. Not long after she’s caught up in the rescue efforts of Jewish children, leading them from France into Spain. Grace returns to America in hopes of reuniting two children with their uncle, but ends up fostering them as her own.
Fifty years later, another young woman searches for Grace and her family, in hopes that Grace’s children will provide a bone marrow match for a beloved family member.
This is another stunning portrait of life in France during WW2. It’s a gripping tale of extreme devotion, and saving children no matter what. It’s a story of second chances, and extending grace and forgiveness in the most horrific of circumstances. It’s a story of lasting love and loving those you choose to call family.
There are surprises at every turn of the page that will compel readers to continue guessing until the very end. Decades between stories are woven effortlessly, creating a seamless narrative of two women separated by time and country.
I received an ecopy from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions expressed are my own.