Bebe (Sarah) Brechner asked Jacqueline Winspear:

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Jacqueline Winspear Remember this is a series - and there is an overall arc to each of the characters, not only for each book, but for the series as a whole. Also remember that in the early part of the last century, loss was often more immediate - due to extended families, people died at home with family so there was - arguably - a greater sense of the rhythm of life, and that which could interrupt it. Children died in infancy, women in childbirth, and there were two major wars, and many small wars. The overall message is one of endurance, which I think was a hallmark of those generations - and at the end of A Dangerous Place, there is of course Hope. There is more to come for Maisie and her fellow characters.

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