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Author De Vinck, Christopher, 1951- author.

Title Ashes : a heart-wrenching tale of friendship, war and courage / Christopher de Vinck.

Publication Info. London : Harper Inspire, 2020.
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F DE VINCK    AVAILABLE
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Description 332 pages ; 20 cm
Summary "Belgium, July 1939: Simone Lyon is the daughter of a Belgium national hero, the famous General Joseph Lyon. Her best friend Hava Daniels, is the eldest daughter of a devout Jewish family. Despite growing up in different worlds, they are inseparable. But when, in the spring of 1940, Nazi planes and tanks begin bombing Brussels, their resilience and strength are tested. Hava and Simone find themselves caught in the advancing onslaught and are forced to flee. In an emotionally-charged race for survival, even the most harrowing horrors cannot break their bonds of love and friendship. The two teenage girls, will see their innocence fall, against the ugly backdrop of a war dictating that theirs was a friendship that should never have been."--Provided by publisher.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Women -- Fiction.
Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
Genre Christian fiction.
Religious fiction.
Historical fiction.
ISBN 9780310111986
0310111986
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