A review by lorinlee
The Lost English Girl by Julia Kelly

5.0

This is a compelling story. It starts on the eve of WWII. A Catholic teen becomes pregnant. Her Jewish boyfriend says let's marry. They do, despite the anti-semitism of her parents. Her Mom pays the aspiring musician to leave Liverpool, and he heads off to NY. As the war starts and Germans begin to bomb the UK, the daughter now 4, is evacuated to the countryside to live with a nice Catholic family. Then the Liverpool home is destroyed by a bomb, and the same happens in the countryside. It appears that Maggie is dead. Five years pass, lots happens. The young woman and the estranged husband track down Maggie, and reunite. That's the bare bones of it. In the process Viv gets to know Joshua's family and finds there more love and kindness than her parents ever gave her. Excellent story.