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Gifts for our time / Anna Jacobs.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
LP JACO	Large Print		Riverwood .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780750548038
ISBN	0750548037
Name	Jacobs, Anna author
Title	Gifts for our time / Anna Jacobs.
Edition	Large print edition.
Published	Leicester : Thorpe, Magna, 2020.
Description	450 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Summary	Germany, 1939: Christa Sommer boards the KINDERTRANSPORT, unsure that she'll ever see her parents again. Once in England she is taken in by elderly Mrs Pelling, who grows to love Christa as the daughter she never had. But in 1945 Mrs Pelling dies and her money-grabbing niece turfs Christa out with only a suitcase to her name. Luck comes her way when a lady she saves from being mugged turns out to be Mayne Esher's friend Daniel's mother. Taking pity on Christa, they bring her to Rivenshaw, where they plan to start a new life as part of the Esher building firm. There Christa is welcomed with open arms, and she soon develops a love for the place, the people - and Daniel...
Target audience note	Adult.
Subjects	Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
	Dwellings -- Conservation and restoration -- Fiction
	England -- Social life and customs -- 1945-Fiction
Genre	Domestic fiction
Genre	Large type books
Series	Rivenshaw 4.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Domestic fiction . Dwellings -- Conservation and restoration -- Fiction . England -- Social life and customs -- 1945- -- Fiction . Large type books . Man-woman relationships -- Fiction . Authors: Jacobs, Anna . Series: Rivenshaw .