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GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of Before the Dawn (Normandy, American South, Devon)

6th March 2022

We are delighted to be able to offer 3 copies of Before the Dawn by Emma Pass (Normandy, American South, Devon).

UK ONLY

3 copies of Before the Dawn

When everything you hold dear is torn apart by war, can love put you back together again?

It’s 1943, and the Second World War is raging. Ruby Mottram works for her local newspaper, the Bartonford Herald, typing up adverts and obituaries, whilst dreaming of a more exciting life. Between her shifts as an ARP warden and caring for her ailing father, the chance for escape doesn’t come often to Devon.

Meanwhile, in America’s deep south, Sam Archer is hatching a plan to raise enough money to get his mother and sister away from his abusive stepfather. Using falsified documents to hide his age, he enlists with the U.S. Army.

Two chance encounters bring Ruby and Sam together from opposite sides of the Atlantic, giving them the chance of love, hope and freedom from their troubled lives. But fate, in the shape of D-Day and Omaha Beach, has other ideas.

When their very lives are at risk, will their promise to wait for one another be what keeps them alive?

3 copies of Before the Dawn to be give away

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  1. User: Tina Hartas

    Posted on: 23/03/2022 at 5:53 pm

    Winners:

    Debbie Winstanley
    Pikaneal
    Elle Stafford

    Comment

  2. User: Katherine McDonald

    Posted on: 19/03/2022 at 10:01 pm

    The Unkindly Ones

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  3. User: Victoria Bazley

    Posted on: 19/03/2022 at 9:22 pm

    For me it was Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave. Touches on lots of walks of life and how war affects their path in life.

    Comment

  4. User: Traceyann66

    Posted on: 19/03/2022 at 4:10 pm

    I absolutely loved Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

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  5. User: Sheena Read

    Posted on: 19/03/2022 at 1:16 pm

    I’m not sure if I have read any books about the war.

    Comment

  6. User: aspella

    Posted on: 19/03/2022 at 11:25 am

    All The Lights We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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  7. User: andyszym

    Posted on: 19/03/2022 at 10:15 am

    War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

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  8. User: Blackah

    Posted on: 19/03/2022 at 6:50 am

    The boy in the striped pyjamas, gave a totally different view of the situation.

    Comment

  9. User: galadrial

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 10:40 pm

    The Librarian of Auschwitz

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  10. User: Bookmark

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 10:04 pm

    The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

    Comment

  11. User: compomcsimonski

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 9:40 pm

    Prisoners of Geography

    Comment

  12. User: Angela Macdonald

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 9:29 pm

    I loved Farewell to France by Noel Barber. It really left a lasting impression on me and it’s actually my favourite book.

    Comment

  13. User: Patricia Avery

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 7:02 pm

    The Book Thief, the superb debut novel by Markus Zusak. My favourite character Death still haunts me as I wonder what colour the sky will be when he comes for me!

    Comment

  14. User: Joyce Willis

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 4:12 pm

    King Rat by James Clavell

    Comment

  15. User: keithymon

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 9:16 am

    Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks

    Comment

  16. User: Iris

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 8:19 am

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    Comment

  17. User: Karen R

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 7:37 am

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Comment

  18. User: Janine Atkin

    Posted on: 18/03/2022 at 7:21 am

    the boy in the striped pyjamas

    Comment

  19. User: Ellen Stafford

    Posted on: 17/03/2022 at 9:23 pm

    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is fantastic!

    Comment

  20. User: Debbie Winstanley

    Posted on: 17/03/2022 at 6:18 pm

    Schindler’s Ark

    Comment

  21. User: Rebecca W

    Posted on: 17/03/2022 at 4:10 pm

    Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks

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  22. User: Angela Kelly

    Posted on: 17/03/2022 at 3:17 pm

    I think for me it has been children’s books which hit the hardest. The Book Thief packs a powerful punch and the ending of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is just brutal.

    Comment

  23. User: Rosiej

    Posted on: 17/03/2022 at 12:25 pm

    For whom the bell tolls

    Comment

  24. User: Erica Hughes

    Posted on: 17/03/2022 at 12:11 pm

    Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes

    Comment

  25. User: Laura

    Posted on: 16/03/2022 at 5:02 pm

    The beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

    Comment

  26. User: gemdaisy

    Posted on: 16/03/2022 at 7:47 am

    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

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  27. User: gemdaisy

    Posted on: 16/03/2022 at 7:45 am

    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was a fantastic, moving book featuring war that stayed with me for a long time after reading it.

    Comment

  28. User: Turtledove

    Posted on: 16/03/2022 at 2:06 am

    The Bridge on the River Kwai. Both the book and the film were very moving.

    Comment

  29. User: Debbimac

    Posted on: 15/03/2022 at 8:53 pm

    It has to be The War Horse,its a book that has stuck we me from reading it to my children

    Comment

  30. User: Sheri

    Posted on: 15/03/2022 at 8:11 pm

    Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes

    Comment

  31. User: Pikaneal

    Posted on: 15/03/2022 at 6:46 am

    All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, so beautifully written and possibly my favourite book of all time.

    Comment

  32. User: Laura Pritchard

    Posted on: 14/03/2022 at 8:36 pm

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    Comment

  33. User: Mackem59

    Posted on: 14/03/2022 at 11:17 am

    Sophie’s Choice has to be one of the more harrowing war stories ever.

    Comment

  34. User: andyi

    Posted on: 13/03/2022 at 7:24 pm

    I have not read many war books, but I did read -Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation in Crete. On my last holiday. Very interesting it was too.

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  35. User: Sheena Batey

    Posted on: 13/03/2022 at 5:57 pm

    All Quiet On The Western Front

    Comment

  36. User: chris2468

    Posted on: 13/03/2022 at 5:55 pm

    l found The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne harrowing but l could not put it down

    Comment

  37. User: Kim Murray

    Posted on: 13/03/2022 at 5:26 pm

    Sophie’s Choice x

    Comment

  38. User: Jan22

    Posted on: 13/03/2022 at 4:58 pm

    The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, very moving.

    Comment

  39. User: Plumbobmummy

    Posted on: 13/03/2022 at 3:29 pm

    The Paris Library

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  40. User: bopper

    Posted on: 13/03/2022 at 3:12 pm

    War Horse – it was good to read it before watching the film too – so very powerful and got my imagination going

    Comment

  41. User: Tess P

    Posted on: 12/03/2022 at 5:46 pm

    Beneath a Scarlet Sky Mark Sullivan. And based on a true story too.

    Comment

  42. User: nicbee

    Posted on: 11/03/2022 at 8:22 pm

    The tattooist of Auschwitz – such a moving and powerful book

    Comment

  43. User: Margaret Gallagher

    Posted on: 11/03/2022 at 11:01 am

    Sisters of Resistance by Dennis Turner – the nuns who defied the Nazis – published 2022 ! Brilliant and heart-rending and uplifting too

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  44. User: Michelle Ptak

    Posted on: 10/03/2022 at 7:27 pm

    The Secret Stealers by Jane Healey … based on true events. The Story of Anna who as an American Spy in France during WW2. You really get involved in this story of espionage and the friendships, romance and danger … A must read!

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  45. User: Lesevans6

    Posted on: 10/03/2022 at 7:56 am

    Vietnam, by Christian G. Appy. Oral history told from all sides, an eye opener.

    Comment

  46. User: Lesevans6

    Posted on: 10/03/2022 at 7:54 am

    An Evil Mind by Chris Carter

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  47. User: Cotswoldlass

    Posted on: 09/03/2022 at 11:59 am

    All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

    Comment

  48. User: Toocrmum

    Posted on: 09/03/2022 at 8:03 am

    I love The War Horse. I saw the film and then read the book.

    Comment

  49. User: ramblinggothl

    Posted on: 08/03/2022 at 2:35 pm

    I read The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris,
    wow what a rollercoaster of emotions! This was the most powerful story I have ever read. I recommend everyone reads it.

    Comment

  50. User: lapsapchung

    Posted on: 08/03/2022 at 8:57 am

    Fatherland by Karen Schur-Narula

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  51. User: Macsen77

    Posted on: 08/03/2022 at 8:14 am

    The book that I have chosen is : An Island at War by Deborah Carr which I would highly recommend as its an exceptional book written with compassion and love.

    Comment

  52. User: becksta75

    Posted on: 07/03/2022 at 11:57 pm

    I found Schindler’s List incredibly powerful

    Comment

  53. User: Andrea Hedgcock

    Posted on: 07/03/2022 at 10:13 pm

    Mine’s actually a non-fiction about WW1 – To End All Wars: How the First World War Divided Britain by Adam Hochschild. Really fascinating & I’d recommend it to anyone wanting to understand the background of the war rather than the battles and military angle.

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  54. User: Ellie F Wood

    Posted on: 07/03/2022 at 8:15 pm

    Recently, I found while Paris Sleeps so moving

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  55. User: Jennifer

    Posted on: 07/03/2022 at 6:52 pm

    war horse – a chilling insight into what the soldiers and the animals had to go through

    Comment

  56. User: Brian Stabler

    Posted on: 07/03/2022 at 12:18 pm

    The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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  57. User: Carol Greenfield

    Posted on: 07/03/2022 at 10:16 am

    Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian

    Comment

  58. User: Peter Watson

    Posted on: 07/03/2022 at 9:06 am

    Poems by Wilfred Owen

    Comment

  59. User: Lisa

    Posted on: 07/03/2022 at 8:57 am

    The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

    Comment

  60. User: Sue Barton

    Posted on: 07/03/2022 at 8:02 am

    I have just finished reading The Letter which takes in the Second World War.

    Comment

  61. User: Sheila

    Posted on: 06/03/2022 at 11:07 pm

    The most powerful book about war I have read – The Forgotten by Mary Chamberlain. Also The Hidden by same author.

    Comment

  62. User: Sarah Parker

    Posted on: 06/03/2022 at 9:25 pm

    The Alice Network

    Comment

  63. User: philatel

    Posted on: 06/03/2022 at 9:14 pm

    War Horse – Michael Morpurgo

    Comment

  64. User: jt75

    Posted on: 06/03/2022 at 8:33 pm

    The English Patient by by Michael Ondaatje.

    Comment

  65. User: redfox5

    Posted on: 06/03/2022 at 7:53 pm

    The Pianist – Władysław Szpilman

    Comment

  66. User: Rachel Hall

    Posted on: 06/03/2022 at 6:53 pm

    Pippo and Clara by Diana Rosie. An incredible book set in Italy when Mussolini was in power and brother and sister, Pippo and Clara, are torn apart just like their country is by a fascist leader.

    Comment

  67. User: Toocrmum

    Posted on: 06/03/2022 at 6:40 pm

    War Horse

    Comment

  68. User: Janine

    Posted on: 06/03/2022 at 6:10 pm

    Under A Blood Red Sky

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