Category: Historical Fiction
Language: EnglishKeywords: Drama
Written by Deborah Carr
Read by Kirsty Besterman
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Variable
Unabridged
Listening Length
9 hours and 56 minutes
Audible release date
31 May 2024
When everything is at stake, how far would you go to save your neighbour?
When German forces invade the Channel Islands and the citizens of Jersey are cut off from the rest of the UK, the islandsâ residents bond together to resist the enemy.
East London native Helen Bowman was never meant to be here, but when she found herself alone and pregnant her beloved auntâs home in Jersey was the only place she could go. But now, as the enemy start rounding up anyone not born on the island to be sent to a camp on the continent, Helen is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers, like her new friend Peggy Hamel, to keep herself and her son hidden.
But as the Nazisâ net closes in, itâs soon more than just detection that is at stake for Helen and Peggy â itâs their very livesâ¦
Listening Length
9 hours and 56 minutes
Audible release date
31 May 2024
When everything is at stake, how far would you go to save your neighbour?
When German forces invade the Channel Islands and the citizens of Jersey are cut off from the rest of the UK, the islandsâ residents bond together to resist the enemy.
East London native Helen Bowman was never meant to be here, but when she found herself alone and pregnant her beloved auntâs home in Jersey was the only place she could go. But now, as the enemy start rounding up anyone not born on the island to be sent to a camp on the continent, Helen is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers, like her new friend Peggy Hamel, to keep herself and her son hidden.
But as the Nazisâ net closes in, itâs soon more than just detection that is at stake for Helen and Peggy â itâs their very livesâ¦