For American Claire Stewart, joining the
French
Resistance sounded as romantic as the storylines she
hopes will one day grace the novels she wants to write.
But when she finds herself stranded on English shores,
with five French Jewish children she smuggled across the
channel before Nazis stormed Paris, reality feels more
akin to fear.
With nowhere to go, Claire throws
herself on the mercy of
an estranged aunt, begging Lady Miranda Langford to take
the children into her magnificent estate. Heavily
weighted with grief of her own, Miranda reluctantly
agrees . . . if Claire will stay to help. Though
desperate to return to France and the man she loves,
Claire has few options. But her tumultuous upbringing—
spent in the refuge of novels with fictional friends—has
ill-prepared her for the daily dramas of raising
children, or for the way David Campbell, a fellow
American boarder, challenges her notions of love. Nor
could she foresee how the tentacles of war will invade
their quiet haven, threatening all who have come to call
Bluebell Wood home and risking the only family she’s ever
known.
Set in England’s lush and storied Lake District
in the
early days of World War II, and featuring cameos from
beloved literary icons Beatrix Potter and C. S. Lewis,
Until We Find Home is an unforgettable portrait of life
on the British home front, challenging us to remember
that bravery and family come in many
forms.