THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON by Meg Waite Clayton Truus, a Dutch woman, works to save children from sure death in Nazi Germany in the run up to WWII. This story is based on the real Truus Wijsmuller and the Kindertransport. Well written and researched it will live with you long after you finish reading....
It seems everyone wants to be the person to chronicle the victory of the Allied forces taking Paris back from the Nazis. This novel follows two women in their efforts to gain that title. Read what I thought of Meg Waite Clayton's historical fiction novel, The Race for Paris, here. https://tcl-bookre...
4/5 stars*Disclaimer: I won this book from Goodreads First Reads, all my opinions are my own.*J'ai plus de souvenirs que si j'avais mille ans.This book is one of the hardest I've ever tried to place a rating on. The book was based around a time of war and while historical fiction, the history was de...
Courage is “the ability to do something that frightens one.” [Oxford Dictionaries] In a male-dominated world, Olivia (Liv) Harper and Jane Tyler manage to break into the field of wartime journalism by sheer determination. The two women meet in a French field hospital in June 1944. Jane is a journ...
When I requested this book to review for LibraryThing I apparently missed the fact that this was a sequel to The Wednesday Sisters which was a story about of five friends who gather and talk of raising kids, marriage, etc. it sounds like a book I would might have read. Now, will I go back and read i...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-wednesday-daughters.htmlThe Wednesday Daughters is a follow up to Meg Clayton's earlier book, The Wednesday Sisters, but it stands alone as a story. It is a story about characters rather than a plot. A lot of chara...
Waite Clayton writes with a raw fluidity that matches the beauty of England's Lake District to perfection in this sequel to her first novel, The Wednesday Sisters. You can read the rest of my review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/01/06/the-wednesday-sisters-sequel-story/
Hope Tantry along with her friends, Anna and Julie visits the cottage where her mother spent the last years of her life. Hope’s mother’, Ally, had used this cottage as a retreat to finish her biography on Beatrix Potter. Hope knew very little about the time her mother spent here. Hope soon realises ...
Full review here: http://www.brazenbookworm.com/2011/10/audiobook-review-four-ms-bradwells-by.htmlI hate to give this two stars, because Clayton is clearly a talented writer who uses words well. However...there was almost nothing about this book I liked. NOTE: I have a feeling my mom would love th...
A nice,gentle story that is written with such love. This doesn't appear to be much of a story on the whole, but once you get to know these characters, you will really enjoy it. It reminded me a lot of books like the YAYA Sisters and The Help, but I enjoyed this one much more than The Help. This is a...
Important: Our sites use cookies.
We use the information stored using cookies and similar technologies for advertising and statistics purposes.
Stored data allow us to tailor the websites to individual user's interests.
Cookies may be also used by third parties cooperating with BookLikes, like advertisers, research companies and providers of multimedia applications.
You can choose how cookies are handled by your device via your browser settings.
If you choose not to receive cookies at any time, BookLikes will not function properly and certain services will not be provided.
For more information, please go to our Privacy Policy.
Log in with Facebook 
