The House for Lost Children

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>England 1940. Hello Gracie Louisa reaches out a trembling hand to the six-year-old little girl. Her dark eyes are wide with fear and Louisa's heart shatters. She is devoted to the children in her new boarding school. But when the war comes closer than ever can she keep them safe?</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Louisa Brightford</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is anxiously preparing to turn her home into a boarding school when with a </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>bang </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>of the exhaust a car carrying nine evacuated children arrives. As they tumble out and run around the sun-kissed fields and her rambling mansion</span> the<span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> children capture Louisa's heart. They need love and care and she is glad to play her part while her only son David fights in the battle for Britain's skies. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Wide-eyed Gracie who lost her mother in the bombing clings to Louisa like a shadow. Can she be the parent she needs? And though she thought she'd never find love again she finds herself drawing closer to </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jack</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the children's handsome kind teacher who dances with her to gramophone music in the long summer evenings. But when the governors threaten to close the boarding school it seems she might soon lose them all...</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then Louisa receives terrible news about David. Through the depths of her grief she must find the strength to fight for her beloved lost children. But is there a future where she and Jack can be a family for little Gracie? </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Or when German planes fly over their peaceful village</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>will they be torn forever apart?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate comes an utterly heartbreaking and unforgettable tale of a little orphan girl who must find bravery hope and resilience in the darkest of times and the woman who would do anything to protect the children in her care. Fans of <em>Orphan Train</em> <em>Sold on a Monday</em> and Diney Costeloe will be swept away by this stunning World War Two novel. </strong></p>