A heart-warming story of friendship and family during the first Christmas of World War Two.Autumn 1939 and London prepares to evacuate its young. In No 5 Jubilee Street, Bermondsey, ten-year-old Connie is determined to show her parents that she’s a brave girl and can look after her twin brother, Jessie. She won’t cry, not while anyone’s watching.In the crisp Yorkshire Dales, Connie and Jessie are billeted to a rambling vicarage. Kindly but chaotic, Reverend Braithwaite is determined to keep his London charges on the straight and narrow, but the twins soon find adventures of their own. As autumn turns to winter, Connie’s dearest wish is that war will end and they will be home for Christmas. But this Christmas Eve there will be an unexpected arrival… Praise for The Evacuee Series: ‘A heart-warming read’ My Weekly ‘A delightful, nostalgic read’ Woman'This delightful read captures a sense of nostalgia and weaves together the dramas of a cast of heart-warming characters’ WomanIn this best-selling historical saga, Katie King masterfully depicts life during the military era. The top-rated fiction is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of war, making it one of the most compelling sagas of the year.For fans of Rosie Hendry (Digging for Victory at Rookery House), Daisy Styles (Christmas with the Engine Girls), Fenella J Miller (A Dangerous Husband), Vicki Beeby (The Ops Room Girls), and Elaine Everest (The Teashop Girls at War).
