When We Were Young and Brave
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When We Were Young and Brave

When We Were Young and Brave is a fictional account of the WWII internment experiences of the children enrolled at the Chefoo School, a mission school in China. Though the events of the book closely follow the accounts of internment on Weihsien Paintings, Gaynor brings the events to life in a way only an excellent author can.

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The Nightingale
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The Nightingale

The Nightingale follow two sisters as they get tangled up in occupied France during WWII. Is the Nightingale a true story? Sort of. The characters are fiction but Isabelle was based on someone real.

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