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    The Star and the Shamrock

    Written by Jean Grainger

    Narrated by Siobhan Waring

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    About this audiobook

    Ariella Bannon has no choice: she must put her precious children, Liesl and Erich, on that train or allow them to become prey for the Nazis.

    Berlin 1939.

    When her husband doesn’t come home one day, Ariella realises that the only way she can ensure her Jewish children’s safety is to avail of the Kindertransport, but can she bear to let them go?

    A thousand miles away, Elizabeth Klein has closed herself off from the world. Losing her husband on the last day of the Great War, and her child months later, she cannot, will not, love again. It hurts too much.

    But she is all Liesl and Erich Bannon have.

    Thrown together in the wild countryside of Northern Ireland, Elizabeth and the Bannon children discover that life in the country is anything but tranquil. Danger and intrigue lurk everywhere, and some people are not what they seem.

    From the streets of wartime Berlin, to the bombed out city of Liverpool, and finally resting in the lush valleys of the Ards Penisula, The Star and The Shamrock from USA Today bestselling author Jean Grainger, is unputdownable.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJean Grainger Audio
    Release dateApr 5, 2020
    ISBN9781094208411
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    The Star and the Shamrock
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    Jean Grainger

    Jean Grainger is an Irish bestselling author who specializes in contemporary as well as historical fiction. Once a tour guide for Ireland, she went on to become an English and history teacher in a secondary school for boys. The winner of the 2016 Author's Circle Historical Novel of Excellence, she currently resides with her husband and children in rural County Cork, Ireland.

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    • 5/5
      Amazing read/listen! So refreshing and heart warming, and the voice for the read version is wonderful.
    • 5/5
      This is a book you won't want to put down. Shows how Jewish mothers gave their children away to keep them safe. It tears at your heart. There is a love story in here. It is well written.
    • 5/5
      Thank you for all the insights from a bygone era.. A beautiful story.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this very moving story about Kindertransports to Ireland. It was well written with such believable characters. The narrator was also amazing. Well done.
    • 5/5
      The entire book was great from start to finish. I plan on listening to all your books available in audio. ♥️
    • 5/5
      Fantastic story of love in a time in history that was full of only hate

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I enjoyed the kindness shown throughout the book. Right now during this time, kindness is something we all need to express and receive.

      1 person found this helpful