War Before Mine, The

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It's a long walk back from the dead Rosie is special – her dad is a Romany horse whisperer – but not everyone thinks so. Philip does, but then he's special too: a Cambridge undergr aduate who's refused a commission to throw in his lot with the men who've volunteered for a 'suicide' mission designed to stop the Nazi invasion. For two idyllic days they indulge their passion, but then Philip is spirited away to France – like many of his mates, he doesn't come back. Rosie is left heartbroken – and pregnant, her only hope of refuge a Catholic home for fallen women. Philip escapes the fiery seas off St Nazaire to be faced with a perilous walk to freedom in Gibraltar. Rosie faces losing her beloved son to adoption or worse.... Show more