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This work of fiction was written in 1942, and set in 1940, so the events portrayed were contemporary. The basic story line involves an elderly British man, John Howard, who goes on holiday to France’s Jural Mountains, near the border with Switzerland in April, planning to stay three months. But the Germans begin to cross into France while he is on holiday, and he must make the decision to return to England. A British woman staying at the same small inn with her two children, asks him to please t
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It's a very accessible novel about an interesting event during WWII.
In short, this novel is about an Englishman who wounds up escorting several children out of German besieged France. This doesn't go without a hitch and as his exasperation grows, so does his group of children. That's where the link with the title lies.
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It's a very accessible novel about an interesting event during WWII.
In short, this novel is about an Englishman who wounds up escorting several children out of German besieged France. This doesn't go without a hitch and as his exasperation grows, so does his group of children. That's where the link with the title lies.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin was a folk tale about a man who could whistle ...more
Read this for Book Club. Interesting story, nothing overly exciting or gripping except the last 30 pages or so.
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