The narrator was very good and brought this book alive. The story moves along at a good pace, the characters are ones that I could take into my heart and care about. Depicted was the toll that war places on ordinary men, the demands made on them, and that underneath so many of them are men of honour and care. I loved the story of the family in Nova Scotia, and what happened to them as the war progressed. There is challenge and adventure, distrust and trust, and an evolving relationship with Rudi and the family and of course Grace. Supposedly a trapper but is he? And so the story takes off. Some weeks later this stranger wanders into Grace’s store – Rudi is his name. From the bestselling author of Tides of Honour and Promises to Keep comes a poignant novel about a young couple caught on opposite sides of the Second World War. Now off Nova Scotia there are German u-boats, so could these men have come from there? One evening at a local dance some strangers come by, and Grace is attracted to one man who dances with her – then they are gone. Her parents Danny and Audrey are there with her and also other various family members live by. Grace works in a local store in Nova Scotia, while her three brothers are away at war – world war 2. It’s a complete stand alone, however, seeing how life has moved on pleased this reader! When I started listening to this book Come From Away, I was delighted to find out that this one picks up the lives of their children and especially that of their daughter Grace. Earlier in the year I enjoyed the audiobook Tides of Honour – a story about Danny and Audrey and WW1.
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