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The Hour of Separation
A heartbreaking love story set in the Resistance from the Richard & Judy selected bestselling author
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The Hour of Separation
Narrated by:
Catherine Harvey
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Narrated by:
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Catherine Harvey
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Katharine McMahon
A long-buried secret, a heart-breaking betrayal...
Estelle never really knew her mother, Fleur, but is haunted by her legacy. A legendary resistance heroine in the Great War, she had helped Allied soldiers escape from Belgium - and was not alone in paying a terrible price.
Christa's father was one of those Fleur saved - but he returned home a ruined man. So, when Estelle arrives on Christa's doorstep hungry for information about her mother, an intense and complex friendship is ignited.
In 1939, as conflict grips Europe once more, Estelle follows her mother's destiny. Then Christa discovers that Fleur was betrayed by someone close to her and the truth may destroy them all...
'A beautiful, romantic and touching book. The prose is elegant and evocative and, McMahon's research is scholarly and meticulous' Jonathan Lynn, film director
'Katharine McMahon is a historical novelist who can turn her hand to any period and bring it thrillingly alive. [The Hour of Separation is] very possibly her best and most powerful book so far' Readers Digest
'Tender and painterly...rather beautiful' Irish Times
Read by Catherine Harvey
(p) 2018 Orion Publishing Group©2018 Katharine McMahon
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Critic Reviews
Intense and emotional, The Hour of Separation takes us deep into the shadows cast by violence and conflict. Terrific (Elizabeth Buchan)
An epic yet heartbreakingly intimate novel of conflict and betrayal, and of the pain of lost love
It's a beautifully unfolded story about two women in World War Two who are united by a secret that dates back to the previous war. It kept me guessing to the end (Wendy Moore)
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