The English Girl

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>He is German. She is English. Their countries are enemies. Can love bring them together? Inspired by an incredible true story this is a sweeping tale about the power of hope in the face of war and the legacy of an impossible choice.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>1946 Norfolk England: </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Grief and fear spill over in </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Fran's</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> small village when German prisoners of war are sent to the nearby camp. After the death of her beloved brother on the front lines Fran cannot see the new arrivals as anything but his killers.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>When one of the mines the Germans are clearing from the beach explodes Fran is thrown into the path of prisoner </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Thomas</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> as they rush to help the wounded. Thomas's kind artistic nature and his bravery putting himself in danger to save others changes everything for Fran. She realises he is a boy just like her brother and was forced to fight in a war he never believed in.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>From that day on there is something powerful and unspoken connecting Fran and Thomas. But as battle lines are drawn across Europe and tensions within the village reach breaking point they could be about to unleash something neither of them can control...</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>1989 Berlin: Tiffany </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>arrives in Berlin from London just as the wall that divided a nation finally falls. With only a few words of German she celebrates with strangers in the streets and crosses the border between West and East. In her pocket is a crumpled letter addressed to her grandmother yellowed with age that has led her in search of a wartime secret with the power to change her future...</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A book that you will carry with you long after having turned the final page. Fans of Fiona Valpy <em>The Forgotten Village</em> and <em>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</em> will be absolutely gripped from the very beginning until the final heart-stopping conclusion of this unforgettable wartime story.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Readers love <em>The English Girl</em>:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'</span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>The English Girl</em> will capture your heart</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>. </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>I found myself glued to the book </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>as I wanted to know what would happen... </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Historical fiction at its best</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>.' Goodreads reviewer</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'</span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A wonderful story</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>. Anyone who has an old love they still think about will appreciate the depth in Ms. Mitchell's book... I highly recommend it.' Goodreads reviewer ?????</span></p>