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Can she defy the odds to follow her heart? London, 1939. With war imminent in Poland, nineteen-year-old Tamar and her father flee to the heart of the East End. Tamar becomes close friends with nurse Florence and local shopkeeper Elma, but their joy quickly falls apart as bombings land and they are driven into hiding. Isaac, Tamar''s fiance, departs for Poland to help in the service of war, carrying with him a silver clasp from Tamar''s bracelet as a token of her love. When the war''s devastation reaches her doorstep, Tamar is recruited for espionage in a bid to find Isaac and, amid the shadows of the resistance, she learns of his brave actions inside the camps - but fears for his life. When those fears come true, Tamar''s world is shattered and, completely heartbroken, she returns to London - to the women and community she has come to know as her family and home. Together, in the heart of Brick Lane, they rebuild their lives and hold on to hope - but then Isaac''s silver clasp returns . . .
About the author
Born the thirteenth child of fifteen to a middle-class mother and an East End barrow boy, Mary Wood's childhood was a mixture of love and poverty. Throughout her life, Mary has held various posts in office roles, working in the probation services and bringing up her four children and numerous grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An avid reader, she first put pen to paper in 1989 while nursing her mother through her final months, but didn't become successful until she began self-publishing her writing in 2011.
Her novels include All I Have to Give, An Unbreakable Bond, In Their Mother's Footsteps and the Breckton novels.
