The Lost English Girl

This epic saga set against World War II explores love, motherhood, and betrayal. In Liverpool, 1935, Viv Byrne, raised in a strict Catholic family, becomes pregnant after a relationship with Joshua Levinson, a Jewish man aspiring to be a jazz musician. They marry, but Joshua makes a life-changing decision on their wedding day that forces Viv back into her disapproving family's care. Five years later, as World War II approaches, Viv faces an impossible choice: evacuating her young daughter, Maggie, to the countryside for safety. Meanwhile, Joshua, now in New York City, abandons his struggling music career to serve in the Royal Air Force, struggling with feelings about the family he left behind. When tragedy strikes and Viv discovers the countryside refuge wasn't safe from war's horrors, years pass before Joshua helps her uncover the secrets of their shared past and what it will take to reunite their family. The novel tells the story of England's evacuated children during this period.