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När Clara Newtons fästman dog i andra världskriget trodde hon att hennes liv var över, men nu tar hon hand om föräldralösa barn som, precis som hon, förlorade allt under kriget. Barn som lilla Peg som vägrar prata, och Joyce vars kropp förstördes av polio. Clara älskar dem alla, även om livet som husmor kan vara ensamt – särskilt nu när grannen Ivor, krigshjälten med de glittrande bruna ögonen, har försvunnit. Men snart nås Clara av förfärliga nyheter. Barnhemmet ska säljas och barnen skickas iväg.

England, 1948. It’s been ten years since Lola arrived from Germany as a Jewish refugee. Even now, she can’t think about the family she lost, or her heartbreak will destroy her. Instead, Lola looks to the future: the new family she’s found working in a job she adores as an airline stewardess, and the butterflies she feels around handsome pilot Brian – though the thought of opening her heart again terrifies her.

England, 1947: In the rubble-filled streets of post-war London, nineteen-year-old Audrey is devastated to lose her job when the men return from war. But her mum needs her more than ever since she was injured in the bombings, and her beloved fiancé Martin wants her to focus on building their life together, so her future seems set. Yet Audrey can't help but wonder if there's more to life than keeping a home and raising a family. And when she hears about a chance to train as one of England's first airline stewardesses, her heart leaps.

As a teenager in Chicago, May always dreamed of travelling the world. So when she falls in love with George Turner, she can’t wait to return to London as his wife. Two beautiful daughters follow, but George isn’t the husband he promised to be. Ten years on, May is wondering if she’s made a terrible mistake. The Great War has been declared in Europe, and all around, brave young men are being called up to serve. George, banned from conscription himself, has taken to the bottle, and May suspects he’s seeing other women, too.

1939. War has broken out - hundreds of children are evacuated to the countryside to keep them safe from the bombs raining down on London. Wrenched from her family in the East End and sent more than a hundred miles away, seven-year-old Pearl Posner must adapt to a new life away from everything familiar. Vivienne didn’t ask for an evacuee child. In fact, she’s not sure her heart can take it. So many years, so many disappointments....