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The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel is a heartrending and deeply moving story of love and hope in World War II from the USA Today bestselling author of The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon

The war taught her to fight The children taught her to hope

Inspired by real acts of bravery and resistance The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel is a heartrending and deeply moving story of one womans courage and sacrifice during World War II from the USA Today bestselling author of The Missing Piece of Nancy Moon

This exquisitely beautiful novel is perfect for readers of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn The Postmistress Lilac Girls and The Girl from Vichy

A beautifully worked tale of bravery woven into the reality of a time we cant forget Mandy Robotham author of The Berlin Girl

An emotional beautifully constructed read I loved the way the clues from the past and present slowly knitted together answering the questions that had been missing their answers for so long Sunday Times bestselling author Jill Mansell

Gripping at times heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting I found this beautifully written novel impossible to put down Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Fforde

My darling girl I need you to find someone for me

France 1942 At the end of the day the schoolteacher releases her pupils She checks they have their identity passes and warns them not to stop until the German guards have let them through the barrier that separates occupied France from Free France As the little ones fly across the border and into their mothers arms she breathes a sigh of relief No one is safe now Not even the children

Berkshire present day A letter left to her by her beloved late grandmother Gigi takes Hannah Stone on a journey deep into the heart of the Dordogne landscape As she begins to unravel a forgotten history of wartime bravery and sacrifice she discovers the heartrending secret that binds her grandmother to a village schoolteacher the remarkable Lucie Laval

An engaging tale of courage and friendship A triumph Gill Paul

Evocative writing and the storytelling is masterful It really draws the reader in Felicity HayesMcCoy

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