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The Wartime Book Club

a gripping and heart-warming new story of love, bravery and resistance in WW2, inspired by a true story
By Kate Thompson
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Brief Description
Jersey, 1943. When the German Army invades the tranquil island, librarian Grace La Motee is determined to keep her services running. Ordered to destroy books which threaten the Nazi regime, she refuses, instead hiding them away and fighting back by forming a book club: a lifeline... Read More
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The Wartime Book Club

A gripping and heartwarming novel inspired by the true events of the women who joined the resistance in Jersey during the German occupation in WW2, based around a book club and its members, who found solace during the war in the words of forbidden books.

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Jersey, 1943. When the German Army invades the tranquil island, librarian Grace La Motee is determined to keep her services running. Ordered to destroy books which threaten the Nazi regime, she refuses, instead hiding them away and fighting back by forming a book club: a lifeline to help islanders escape the terror of war, one chapter at a time.

But soon Grace's quiet acts of bravery become even more perilous. She's harbouring dangerous secrets - ones that put her life in danger - and when tensions turn to violence, she is forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance...

Based on astonishing real events, The Wartime Book Club is a love letter to the power of books in the darkest of times - as well as a moving page-turner that brings to life the remarkable, untold story of an island at war.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399714976

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Paperback

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 192.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 512

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About the Author

Kate Thompson an award-winning journalist, ghostwriter and novelist who has spent the past two decades in the UK mass market and book publishing industry. Over the past eight years Kate has written eleven fiction and non-fiction titles, three of which have made the Sunday Times top ten bestseller list.

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