Wendi Jackson lives in the peaceful Wiltshire countryside and enjoys long walks in nearby Longleat Forest. As a single working mother of three, she forgot her long-held ambition to document the survival story of her family during World War II. During a visit to a psychic medium, she was told about the importance of a family book, but it wasn’t until her grandmother, Thalia, passed away aged ninety-three, that her desire to write was rekindled. She joined a local Writing Circle and spent four years researching and crafting her debut novel in memory of her family.
On the island of Singapore, Zacharia Pattara shares his lavish home in the suburbs with his five lively daughters and his beloved wife Anthoula. One fateful night in 1942 whilst they slept, the bombs of an invading Japanese Army signal the beginning of an uncertain future. With the clock ticking and...