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'John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France. However, during his stay the Nazis invade and he is forced to try to escape back to England with the two small children of some friends who are forced to stay behind in order to help the Allied war effort. As the conflict grows closer the roads become impassable and Howard also comes across five more children who need his help. He ends up leading this motley group of youngsters through the French countryside, constantly beset by danger yet heroically protecting his charges.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2009 Vintage ed.).

'What Kind Of Love Does A Man Want?

'Two women loved Dr. Bob Bradburn. Natalie Norris had always loved him. Hers had been an idealized love when she was fourteen, and then, as she grew older and worked side by side with him, a love that made her long to be part of his hopes, his discouragement, his triumphs. Hers had been more than the ordinary hero-worship of a young girl, and more than a nurse's infatuation for a handsome doctor.

'But there had to be many moments when she could not share in Dr. Brad's life. He was married to Marjorie Daw, a beautiful, spoiled child of a girl who knew how to fill his leisure hours with gayety and excitement.

'Into the story that tells which one was to give him the more lasting happiness, Maysie Greig has woven drama, thrills, tragedy – all the many colored aspects of true romance.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Pocket edition).