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War Baby
- Sweet Sisters, Book 2
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Publisher's summary
Some battles will be fought on the Homefront...
The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet family, with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling on nearby Bristol.
Still there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the form of Mary Sweet’s upcoming wedding to her Canadian beau. But even that has failed to rouse their father from his grief.
But in London a baby has been found in a bombed out house, sheltered in the arms of his dead mother. A child to make life worth living again...
Discover the gripping, heartfelt second instalment in Lizzie Lane's bestselling Sweet Sisters trilogy.
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