Heart Speaks Many Ways

by Madeleine A. Polland

Seventeen-year-old Emily McRoss finds that her friendships with the daughter of an Irish earl and the daughter of Spanish aristocrats shape and alter her life as she grows to maturity during the turbulent 1930s and 1940s

Genres: World War II, Ireland

580 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Madeleine Polland (who also wrote as Frances Adrian) was born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, on May 31, 1918.

Madeleine was educated at Hitchin Girls' Grammar School, Herfordshire, from 1929 to 1937.

After leaving school, she served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, and shortly after leaving married Arthur Joseph Polland in 1946.

Madeleine Polland has written several books for children and many novels for adults. Her first book for young readers, CHILDREN OF THE RED KING, was published in the UK by Constable in 1960.

Reviews

[CLM · Rating 5 out of 5]

A compelling story set against the Spanish Civil War and WWII about a young Irish woman trying to make sense of the world and sending the men in her life off to war:

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[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good, historical romance, but also an interesting perspective on the some of the WAAFs in WWII, and a series of interesting and different characters.

[Dayna Duchovney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mainly a good read but a little disappointing in some places