The Stolen Baby [electronic resource] : From bestselling author of historical fiction: A page-turning, heart-wrenching WW2 saga based on a moving true story
Costeloe, Diney2021
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EVERY MOTHER'S WORST NIGHTMARE IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE...Based on a gripping and moving true story, The Stolen Baby is the new Second World War novel from bestselling author Diney Costeloe.Plymouth, 1941. As sirens blare all around, the Shawbrook family take refuge in a packed shelter. Bombs have already begun to fall through the night sky when they realise their infant son, Freddie, has been forgotten in the rush, left to sleep in his crib. Terrified, Vera, his young mother races to find him and bring him to safety.The next morning, police officer David Shawbrook returns from his watch to find the shelter pulverised, and his family seemingly all dead. Dirty footprints inside their home betray the looters who have rifled through the house.Meanwhile, Maggie waits alone for her husband. Since the death of her infant son, she passes her days at home with neither joy nor aim. But not this morning. For this morning her husband has brought home a child, found abandoned in the aftermath of the terrible raid – a child she is sure is the one she held in her arms so many months before.Praise for Diney Costeloe 'Truly captivating' Woman & Home'This is a truly captivating read that brings together vibrant characters and a historical setting' Woman's Own'A gripping saga' My Weekly'A treat from the very first page. I could not put it down' Historical Novel Society
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Costeloe, Diney, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Head of Zeus, 2021
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
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Diney Costeloe is the author of twenty-three novels, several short stories, and many articles and poems. She has three children and seven grandchildren, so when she isn't writing, she's busy with family. She and her husband divide their time between Somerset and West Cork. Find Diney online at dineycosteloe.co.uk, or on Twitter @Dineycost
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9781789543322
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English
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2904270
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