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The Lost English Girl
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
9 posts | 7 read | 3 to read
The acclaimed author of the “sweeping and beautifully written novel” (Woman’s World) The Light Over London weaves an epic saga of love, motherhood, and betrayal set against World War II. Liverpool, 1935: Raised in a strict Catholic family, Viv Byrne knows what’s expected of her: marry a Catholic man from her working-class neighborhood and have his children. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a fling with Joshua Levinson, a Jewish man with dreams of becoming a famous Jazz musician, Viv knows that a swift wedding is the only answer. Her only solace is that marrying Joshua will mean escaping her strict mother’s scrutiny. But when Joshua makes a life-changing choice on their wedding day, Viv is forced once again into the arms of her disapproving family. Five years later and on the eve of World War II, Viv is faced with the impossible choice to evacuate her young daughter, Maggie, to the countryside estate of the affluent Thompson family. In New York City, Joshua gives up his failing musical career to serve in the Royal Air Force, fight for his country, and try to piece together his feelings about the family, wife, and daughter he left behind at nineteen. However, tragedy strikes when Viv learns that the countryside safe haven she sent her daughter to wasn’t immune from the horrors of war. It is only years later, with Joshua’s help, that Viv learns the secrets of their shared past and what it will take to put a family back together again. Telling the harrowing story of England’s many evacuated children, bestselling author Julia Kelly’s The Lost English Girl explores how one simple choice can change the course of a life, and what we are willing to forgive to find a way back to the ones we love and thought lost.
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MeJeMiller
MeJeMiller
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
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Mehso-so

Mid range historical fiction. Definitely not bad but nothing to really grab me. It really is an interesting situation to think about. I wouldn‘t know what I‘d do.

6 likes
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Jas16
Jas16
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
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Pickpick

I have been a lot of historical fiction lately but this book still managed to surprise me in the best way. A young mother in WWII trapped into living with her disapproving parents and who only wants to raise her daughter as best she can. Faced with a horrible choice and even worse consequences she must face her past and fight for her future. I don‘t want to give too much away and I enjoyed that this book felt unexpected and fresh.

38 likes
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SilversReviews
SilversReviews
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
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Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#BOOKBINGE
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TODAY‘S PROMPT: SCHOOL SUBJECT IN THE TITLE

HISTORICAL FICTION - WWII

Who is the "LOST" English girl?

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/2cxthshb

PUBLICATION DATE: MARCH 7, 2023

@juliakellywrites

Eggs I like Julia Kelly 🤗🤩 2y
SilversReviews @Eggs Yes. Always a good read. 2y
24 likes2 comments
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Quirkybookworm
Quirkybookworm
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
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Ready for bed. Lost my ebook back to Netgalley while I was reading. So I‘m reading physical books for a while. Irritated with Netgalley for the moment…

55 likes
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SilversReviews
SilversReviews
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
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Pickpick

As always, Ms. Kelly's masterful, engrossing writing style has you not wanting to stop reading for many reasons, but mostly for the characters and the themes of family, forgiving, and learning to live life the way it should be lived.

Don't miss Ms. Kelly's newest gem...it is FAB!! 5/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/2cxthshb

@juliakellywrites
@gallerybooks

38 likes
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Reecaspieces
Reecaspieces
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
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Pickpick

This book is soooo good!

https://reecaspieces.com/2023/03/07/the-lost-english-girl-by-julia-kelly-gallery...

39 likes
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Lsmoore43
Lsmoore43
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
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I absolutely loved this book. It's a very heartwarming story of a young woman and her strange marriage and beautiful child. One that will stick with me for a while. Julia Kelly has hit this out of the park for sure.

Full review: https://tinyurl.com/mutmb6zz

17 likes
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SilversReviews
SilversReviews
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
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FULL REVIEW 3/9.

Don‘t miss Ms. Kelly's newest gem - it is FAB!!

As always, Ms. Kelly's masterful, engrossing writing style has you not wanting to stop reading for many reasons, but mostly for the characters and the themes of family, forgiving, and learning to live life the way it should be lived. 5/5

@juliakellywrites
@gallerybooks
@simonandschuster

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SilversReviews
SilversReviews
The Lost English Girl | Julia Kelly
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Thank you @simonandschuster

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