Lisa Newman's teachers urge her to continue her education, but her lower-middle-class family is counting on her going to work, like everyone else. Then her father dies unexpectedly, and Lisa stays in school until, at 16, fluent in French and German, she takes a post as a governess to a French family's children at their estate in France. When World War II breaks out, Lisa joins the French Resistance at the request of a friend of her employer's. She and Etienne form an attachment, although she doubts his feelings for her. A dangerous brush with German soldiers leaves her ill and in despair over all the war deaths, and Etienne's absence, so she goes home. There, Lisa is at loose ends until all her dreams come true in this involving and authentic tale of the heights one person can achieve. Maria Hatton
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A wartime mission leads to danger and romance for one special Englishwoman
When World War II breaks out Lisa Newman is offered a dangerous proposition: go to France and pass herself off as the cousin of Resistance fighter Etienne Arnaud. There she must deal with the traumatic events that lead her through tragedy to discover where her heart belongs.
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