{"product_id":"the-sisters-of-st-croix","title":"Diney Costeloe: The Sisters of St Croix [2016] hardback","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping story of love, death and danger in Nazi-occupied France from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Throwaway Children\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Adelaide Anson-Gravetty finds out \u003cb\u003eher father is not the man who raised her\u003c\/b\u003e, she is both shocked and intrigued. Determined to find out more about her new family, \u003cb\u003eshe travels to the convent of Our Lady of Mercy in France to meet her aunt\u003c\/b\u003e, the Reverend Mother. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when France falls to the German army, Adelaide and the nuns are \u003cb\u003esoon in the thick of a war that threatens both their beliefs and their lives\u003c\/b\u003e. Collaborating with the Resistance, sheltering Jewish orphans, defying the rulings of Vichy France: these are \u003cb\u003edangerous activities in dangerous times\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese courageous women \u003cb\u003emust give all they've got in order to protect the innocent\u003c\/b\u003e from the evil menace of the Nazi war machine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003ci\u003eTHE SISTERS OF ST CROIX\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eI enjoyed this book from the beginning to its end\u003c\/b\u003e... Its portrayal of the horror and brutality of war and its effect on innocent people is masterly. The description of an occupied France in the Second World War is wonderfully real and the characters are so vivid and appealing... \u003cb\u003eI was captured by the strength of the prose\u003c\/b\u003e and the pathos of the narrative... This is a story that I would thoroughly recommend to anyone' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I was absolutely mesmerised by the pace and the depth of the story telling... \u003cb\u003eA very moving story beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I have \u003cb\u003enever been so affected by a book\u003c\/b\u003e as I was by the Sisters of St. Croix'","brand":"Costeloe, Diney","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":48138252714323,"sku":"XE81784972608","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/costeloe-diney-the-sisters-of-st-croix-xe81784972608-55902899274067.jpg?v=1726531877","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/the-sisters-of-st-croix","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}