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Gifts For Our Time

Rivenshaw Saga, Book 4

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 The final instalment in the Rivenshaw series set at the end of WWII in Lancashire.

Germany 1939, and Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport, unsure that she'll ever see her beloved mother and father again.

Once in England she is taken in by elderly Mrs Pelling, who grows to love Christa as the daughter she never had.

But in 1945 Mrs Pelling dies. While her will cannot be found, her money-grabbing niece appears out of the blue to claim her inheritance and turfs Christa out, with only a suitcase to her name. The prejudice against Germans still runs high in England, and Christa is unable to secure a job or a place to stay...

Luck comes her way when a lady she saves from being mugged turns out to be Mayne Esher's friend Daniel's mother. Taking pity on Christa, they take her to Rivenshaw where they plan to start a new life as part of the Esher building firm.

There Christa is welcomed with open arms and she soon develops a love for the place, the people and, Daniel...

But Esherwood is not the trouble-free sanctuary she first thinks.

Determined to do their bit for soldiers returning from the war they have agreed to allow the council to build prefabs on some of Esherwood's garden. But an empire-building town planner seems set on taking all of Mayne's land for the war effort...

Mayne has also discovered a secret door at the back of the old Nissen hut, with a complicated locking mechanism that has local locksmiths dumbfounded.

Just what is hidden behind the door to warrant such high security?

(P)2017 Isis Publishing Ltd©2017 Anna Jacobs Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War

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This is that rare thing, a pacy page-turner with a ripping plot and characters you care about . . . [Anna Jacobs is] especially big on resourceful, admirable women. Great stuff!
Anna Jacobs' books are deservedly popular. She is one of the best writers of Lancashire sagas around.
[Anna Jacobs' books have an] impressive grasp of human emotions.
Catherine Cookson fans will cheer!
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I really enjoyed all the twists and turns of this story, and of the series. Can it really be the end for this story? I suspect so, most of the loose ends have been tied up. Thank you to Anna Jacobs, and to Julia Franklin

Is this the end for this series?

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Exceptional narration.. Great story.. Listening to all her books because the are great series and story lines but narration by Julia is "icing on the cake"

Exceptional Narration and story

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Terrific storyline narrated by the brilliant Julia Franklin.
I do hope there is more to come.
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Thoroughly enjoyable

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I love these characters and will miss them now that I have finished the saga.

Heartwarming

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Couldn’t put it down!
Anna Jacob’s knows how to hold you in the grip of the characters & love the happy endings

The various characters were depicted so brilliantly by the story teller, It brought the whole saga to life !!

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