Where the Heart Lies

Cliffehaven #4

by Ellie Dean

February 1941. Can love survive in a time of war? Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William. Determined to uphold her promise to her sister to keep William safe until his father, Bill, returns from the war, she accepts a post as a midwife in Cliffehaven on the south-coast of England. Here they are taken under the wing of the Reilly family at the Beach View boarding house.
But all too soon Julie learns that Bill is ‘missing in action’ and William falls dangerously ill. As she begins the long vigil by William’s beside, she fears she will lose the little boy she has grown to love as her own…

A fabulous, heart-warming Second World War novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series (previously called the Beach View Boarding House series).

Genres: Historical Fiction, World War II, Audiobook, Fiction, Roman, War

498 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 17, 2013

About the author

Ellie Dean lives in Eastbourne, which has been her home for many years and where she raised her three children.

Reviews

[Lydia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deze hartverwarmende serie over een pension in Cliffhaven, trekt me mee. Een prachtige mix van verhaallijnen. Als je een boek zou vergelijken met een snoepje, dan zoog ik dit boek langzaam op. Dit was het eerste boek waar ik langzaam door de hoofdstukken bladerde, om zo lang mogelijk te genieten. In tegenstelling tot wat ik normaal doe, hard kauwen zodat de lekkerste smaak in een keer explodeert. Ik hoop dat je nu lekkertrek hebt naar dit boek, want het is het waard!

This heartwarming series about a boarding house in Cliffhaven, draws me in. A wonderful mix of storylines. If you were to compare a book to a candy, I slowly sucked this book in. This was the first book where I browsed slowly through the chapters, trying to enjoy it for as long as possible. As opposed to what I normally do, chewing hard so that the tastiest flavor explodes all at once. I hope you now have a craving for this book, because it's worth it!

[Terena · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with every book in this season, an easy read over a few days - this one concentrates on a Cockney district nurse who decides to make a fresh start in Cliffehaven with her estranged sister after an air raid destroys her house and kills her parents. So we do not meet the Beach View crew until a few chapters into the book. Another enjoyable read, although it does show the daily horror of the air raids as well. With coming from Sheffield, I was mildly amused by the author's attempts at writing in a Yorkshire dialect when it came to Bill's family!

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series great characters and stories

[Ingrid Fasquelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Née en Tasmanie, Tamara McKinley vit à présent dans un hameau du Sussex. Sa saga La pension du Bord de Mer, qui se déroule en pleine Seconde Guerre mondiale, rencontre un vif succès. Ce roman, Là où le cœur se pose, en est le quatrième volet et c’est toujours avec le même plaisir qu’on retrouve la pension de Cliffehaven et ses attachants propriétaires.
Comme dans les tomes précédents, l’effort de guerre, le partage et solidarité sont toujours au cœur même du roman de Tamara McKinley. Au-delà de l’hommage que l’auteure rend à la population civile britannique durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, elle exhorte en quelque sorte ses lecteurs à imiter leurs aînés et à rester, eux aussi, unis dans l’adversité.
Malgré une impression de déjà lu et quelques facilités, ce quatrième tome de La pension du Bord de Mer est toujours aussi plein de bons et nobles sentiments, de chaleur humaine et générosité.
Si vous aimez les grandes et belles sagas romanesques, les histoires réconfortantes, les personnages forts et bien campés, n’hésitez pas et courez chez votre libraire ! Là où le cœur se pose vous fera vibrer de la première à la dernière page !

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

never heard of this author before but so wish I had. fantastically written great characters and a wonderful story. will definitely be reading more. best book so far in 2018

[Zélie · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Aurora Lion Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Couldn't wait to finish this book. I have never been so emotional so many times while reading. This is exactly the type of book I have been looking for all my life. The way Ellie Dean describes the pain of war is so beautiful and painful at the same time. I cried so many times when there was an attack on London or Cliffehaven. My grandparents met during an alarm, so it is the only reason why I exist. And my forever cat died from being crushed, so no surprise that I was bawling my eyes out. This book has a powerful meaning for me and it will forever be in my top 20. I also have rarely seen a book with so many ratings get such a high score, except Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone. I am curious about the other books in this series. I read it in Dutch and I am glad they all got translated.

The only things I didn't like about this book were the parts about Ron, Rosie and Eileen. I couldn't make any sense of it for some reason and skilled it all. Luckily it wasn't that many pages.

[Naomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just really like this series. I liked this one a lot because of the progression of some of the relationships between main characters, and because of the topic. Babies. I love babies. I'm a mom, and a wife, and so I love the happy endings despite the heartaches we/they (see, I'm becoming ONE with the characters) go through. I liked how this one ended too, but I won't spoil a thing for you! I just liked how it leads on and you really feel like, "Okay, next book, the NEXT chapter." The world is going to broaden, I can just feel it, but yet...we'll still have the main characters in there too! I have also enjoyed how this author fills in some details as she goes, when you read the next book. You were fine with the book you read, but when you read the NEXT book, you find out more side story, and maybe more details, et cetera.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. Ellie Dean took me right into the settings with her wonderful descriptions and the variety of characters she developed throughout. I particularly loved every time Julie and Peggy interacted. Such kind people. The type you'd want as friends.I really imaged I was right there watching and being a part of the story. It really connected with me personally in the most satisfying way. I like happy endings, so I wish Julie could have had a better fate. If anyone deserved it, she did. (Also, we never found out what happened between Ellen Harris and Rose Brairhwaite)

[Zoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This storyline follows Julie Harris, a midwife from London. After a tragedy with her family, she heads to Cliffehaven to seek out her estranged older sister.

The storyline focuses on babies being born during the war sometimes amid the bombings. I'm always amazed how resilient people were when everything was literally falling around them, they just got on with it. Both my parents were born during the war.

This is the fourth book, and every single one has been so different. I'm really enjoying them, and I can't wait to read the next in the series.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nous continuons de suivre les histoires de la famille Reilly et de leurs pensionnaires. dans ce tome Julie Harris sage femme va de trouver dans l'obligation de partir pour Clifhaven mais pourquoi. je passe toujours un bon moment à lire les romans de Tamara Mc Kinley. Même si c'est romancé l'écrivaine décrit avec un réalisme la situation qu'ont vécu les Îles Britanniques pendant la seconde Guerre mondiale.

[Alice Leak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoying Ellie Dean's Beach View Boarding House/Cliffehaven series. This is the fourth one I have read now so really getting to know the main characters who have featured in all the books so far and also those who for whatever reason are just passing through. Looking forward to reading more in the series to see who else finds refuge with Peggy and her family.

[Fred · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fourth book in the series. This was very much what I expected. Enjoyable reading. Lovely characters and an interesting story line. I think there are two more in the series and I intend to read them all.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Continuing the series of Cliffhaven
All I can say is it gets better with each book and all the different visitors/ family they become friends While boarding with Peggy and her family During the war
Great read great author

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are so good. Nope cheap, but good.

[Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible book.
There was so much emotion and I really felt as if I was in Julie's world. It was realistic, hearfelt and moving.

[Yvonne · Rating 4 out of 5]

They are very nice stories of people during the war years

[Catherine Matsubu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great read

Thank you, once again, MS Ellie Dean for a delightful, engrossing tale of the women of England, who made life there one of love and loyalty.

[dink · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good read

Feels like coming home every time I pick this book up looking forward to starting next one very soon hopefully just as good

[Bev Walkling]

Review to follow

[mrs lynda hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great storyline , I did not want to put book down ,

[Judy Ledger · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series. Centred around Beach View House and the Reilly family - the stories are so lovely. After finishing one, I can’t wait to read the next!

[Juliette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Weer een super mooi boek in de reeks van
'de veilige haven'.

[Carola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jong en heel veel verantwoordelijkheden hoe zal het Julie vergaan ? Dat wordt weer mooi verteld en wordt meegezogen in het verhaal

[Anna Smit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Een hartverscheurend verhaal

[Dave Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read

A good book and as usual once started I could not put it down, now getting ready for the next book in the series

[Rita · Rating 5 out of 5]

5*

[Erwin Ooyman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spannend en bij vlagen met een traan gelezen. weer een prachtig boek.

[Lorraine Nurdin]

good read

[Femke · Rating 4 out of 5]

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