In The Dark Streets Shining: A touching wartime saga of hope and new beginnings

by PamelaEvans (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.25

  It's 1940 and, as London battles the hardships of war, Rose Barton, a young widow grief-stricken by her husband's death on the Western Front, decides to put aside her own personal sadness and take a job as a postwoman. Out and about in the shabby, war-torn streets, she's constantly reminded that she isn't the only one coping with sorrow. And when she courageously rescues a young boy from the ruins of a bombed house and takes him home to her family in West London, she finds a new sense of purpose. The young boy, Alfie, traumatised from losing his mother and being trapped in the ruins alone, is rebellious and withdrawn. But he touches the hearts of the Bartons, who see through his sullen, bad-tempered front, and with kindness, patience and special insight from Rose, they eventually win his trust. But then his handsome father, Johnny, turns up to retrieve his son and Alfie doesn't want to leave...

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  When Rose Brown's husband is killed at Dunkirk in 1940, she feels as though she's lost a part of herself. Rose can't imagine the future without Ray, but she's certain he would have wanted her to start again. She decides to volunteer as a postwoman in West London, and when she courageously rescues a young boy from a bombed-out house and takes him home, she finds a new sense of purpose.

  Traumatised from losing his mother in the ruins, seven-year-old Alfie is also rebellious and withdrawn. However, he touches the hearts of Rose's family, and with kindness, patience and love, they eventually win his trust. But then a handsome stranger, Johnny Beech, turns up on the doorstep, looking for his son, and everything changes...

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $12.47

  When Rose Brown's husband is killed at Dunkirk in 1940, she feels as though she's lost a part of herself. Rose can't imagine the future without Ray, but she's certain he would have wanted her to start again. She decides to volunteer as a postwoman in West London, and when she courageously rescues a young boy from a bombed-out house and takes him home, she finds a new sense of purpose.

  Traumatised from losing his mother in the ruins, seven-year-old Alfie is also rebellious and withdrawn. However, he touches the hearts of Rose's family, and with kindness, patience and love, they eventually win his trust. But then a handsome stranger, Johnny Beech, turns up on the doorstep, looking for his son, and everything changes...