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Jul 11, 2023 · It tells the story of recently-widowed bookseller, Gertie Bingham and fifteen-year-old Hedy Fischer, who are thrown together by the events of the Second World War and who form a book club to support their community through these dark times.
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- Annie Lyons
Jul 3, 2023 · The Air Raid Book Club is a wonderfully written historical fiction novel set during World War II in London. It focuses on the main character, Gertie Bingham, owner of the Bingham Bookstore. Gertie is a grieving widow who used to run the bookstore with her late husband.
May 24, 2024 · Synopsis London, 1938: The bookstore just doesn’t feel the same to Gertie Bingham ever since the death of her beloved husband Harry. Bingham Books was a dream they shared together, and without Harry, Gertie wonders if it’s time to take her faithful old lab, Hemingway, and retire to the seaside.
After a nudge from her dear friend Charles, Gertie decides to take in one of these refugees, a headstrong teenage girl named Hedy. Willful and fearless, Hedy reminds Gertie of herself at the same age, and shows her that she can’t give up just yet.
After a nudge from her dear friend Charles, Gertie decides to take in one of these refugees, a headstrong teenage girl named Hedy. Willful and fearless, Hedy reminds Gertie of herself at the same age, and shows her that she can’t give up just yet.
Dec 31, 2023 · As the bombs began to fall, the book club kept their hopes alive… London, 1938. Bookseller Gertie Bingham is facing difficult times, having just lost her beloved husband, Harry, and with a lingering sadness at never having been able to have a child of her own.
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Prior to the outbreak of war, almost 10,000 Jewish children found safety in Britain, often the only members of their family to survive the Holocaust. When fifteen-year-old Hedy Fischer arrives from Munich, it’s Gertie’s lovable black Labrador, Hemingway, who first relates to the stubborn teen.
