Girl on the Beach, The: Wartime love and fate

Girl on the Beach, The: Wartime love and fate

by Mary Nichols (Author)

Synopsis

Julie Monday, abandoned by her mother and raised in a children's home, enjoys a rare moment of happiness when at the age of eight she visits the Essex seaside and meets eleven-year-old Harry Walker. They spend a happy few hours together, but at the end of the afternoon, she must return to the Foundling's Hospital, and Harry goes home to his family. Ten years later, they meet again. Fated to be together, they marry just before the outbreak of the Second World War. But it's now 1939, Harry has enlisted in the Royal Air Force, and Julie must face the blitz in wartime London alone with their son. Travelling back from work one day, Julie is caught in the chaos of a direct hit. Rescued from the destroyed air-raid shelter, but injured and with severe memory loss, Julie is given a new identity as Eve Seaton. But it is not easy to become a different person; plagued with disturbing flashes of memory that she doesn't understand, forgetting her former life as Julie Monday proves impossible. She must make a decision: should she make a new life for herself as Eve, or struggle to recover the pieces of a shattered identity?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 27 Aug 2012

ISBN 10: 0749012188
ISBN 13: 9780749012182

Media Reviews
'Mary Nichols weaves wonderful stories and gives excellent period detail, which makes reading her books a rich experience' ANNA JACOBS
Author Bio
Born in Singapore, Mary Nichols spent most of her life in East Anglia. She wrote short stories and articles for a variety of newspapers and magazines, but later turned to writing novels. Mary died in 2016.