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Posey, Rafe,

The stars we share / Rafe Posey. - [New York] : Pamela Dorman Book/VIking, [2021] - 394 pages ; 24 cm

"In 1927, orphaned eight-year-old Alec Oswin sails from India to an unkown future in England. Meanwhile, in the English fenlands, June Attwell memorizes maps, patterns, and railway timetables, hoping for a future beyond her father's vicarage. Alec and June become friends, and, in time, marry. When the Second World War breaks out, Alec joins the RAF, while the Foreign Office sends June to its covert Y-service outposts on the edge of the war-torn Empire. Their post-war reunion is bittersweet: Alec, shot down and imprisoned in a series of POW camps, grapples with his feelings of uselessness, while June has found her calling"--

ISBN: 9781984879622 1984879626

LCCN: 2020013337

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC161243 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020164397 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Friendship--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Ambition --Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Prisoners of war--Fiction.
Handicapped veterans--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3616.O827 / S73 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6