Название: A Christmas Gift
Автор: Ruby Jackson
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Историческая литература
isbn: 9780007506330
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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Source ISBN: 9780007506316
Ebook Edition © October 2014 ISBN: 9780007506330
Version: 2014-09-19
This book is for my American sisters, Susan A, Trisha S, and Holly McG
Contents
January 1945, Somewhere in Egypt
Not for the first time Sally wondered how she would cope. They were so young, younger even than the boys who had been at school with her – children some of them, not even the slightest shadow of down on their soft, young faces.
‘Pull yourself together, Sally Brewer. You’ve seen injured servicemen before.’
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