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Night of Farewells
"A wonderful love story,romance and drama !" Jude and Josie met when they were both just young children in London. As the years go by their friendship survives, and soon turns to romance. But what will happen when WWII strikes ?
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Chapter 1 : The Chimney Sweep
London, 1930
As she looked through a book of poems she didn't understand, Josie Crewe gazed at the window beside her. Drops of rain ran down the glass and Josie, a very imaginative girl, liked to imagine they were all busy little ladies running through the streets of London, just as she saw below her. They pushed their way around briskly and didn't stop to greet or say friendly hellos- the raindrops, I mean. And the women, just as they did on many other rainy days, carried dismal black umbrellas. But every so often, to Josie's pleasure, she'd see a red umbrella, or perhaps a pink or blue one.
Along with the pouring rain, Josie could hear the laughter of the girls downstairs and the excitement of their games. Josie never seemed to play games with the others girls. She spent most of her time alone, though she lived with exactly twelve other young girls some a little older and some a little younger than she.
Josie lived at Hatfield School for Girls and she'd been living there since her father and mother died when she was eighteen months old. But she wasn't like all the other orphans you've read or heard about, so you needn't worry. She'd never mourned or wept for her parents. And she'd never wondered what life would have been like if they hadn't been killed from a tragic illness or cried herself to sleep thinking of them. In truth, she rarely even thought of them.
She couldn't remember them at all, for she'd been so young when they'd left her. The Crewes hadn't been a very wealthy family, but they hadn't been poor either. Josie's father had worked as an accountant and earned a steady income while her mother had stayed home to care for their only child, Josie. She supposed they'd been kind to her. She supposed they'd doted upon given her teddy bears and dolls and dressed her in cute, frilly dresses as all new parents do. Josie supposed a lot of things. She supposed they might even have loved her. And she may have loved them too. But she didn't love them now. She didn't understand how she could love two people she'd never really known . . .
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Chapter 1 : The Chimney Sweep
London, 1930
As she looked through a book of poems she didn't understand, Josie Crewe gazed at the window beside her. Drops of rain ran down the glass and Josie, a very imaginative girl, liked to imagine they were all busy little ladies running through the streets of London, just as she saw below her. They pushed their way around briskly and didn't stop to greet or say friendly hellos- the raindrops, I mean. And the women, just as they did on many other rainy days, carried dismal black umbrellas. But every so often, to Josie's pleasure, she'd see a red umbrella, or perhaps a pink or blue one.
Along with the pouring rain, Josie could hear the laughter of the girls downstairs and the excitement of their games. Josie never seemed to play games with the others girls. She spent most of her time alone, though she lived with exactly twelve other young girls some a little older and some a little younger than she.
Josie lived at Hatfield School for Girls and she'd been living there since her father and mother died when she was eighteen months old. But she wasn't like all the other orphans you've read or heard about, so you needn't worry. She'd never mourned or wept for her parents. And she'd never wondered what life would have been like if they hadn't been killed from a tragic illness or cried herself to sleep thinking of them. In truth, she rarely even thought of them.
She couldn't remember them at all, for she'd been so young when they'd left her. The Crewes hadn't been a very wealthy family, but they hadn't been poor either. Josie's father had worked as an accountant and earned a steady income while her mother had stayed home to care for their only child, Josie. She supposed they'd been kind to her. She supposed they'd doted upon given her teddy bears and dolls and dressed her in cute, frilly dresses as all new parents do. Josie supposed a lot of things. She supposed they might even have loved her. And she may have loved them too. But she didn't love them now. She didn't understand how she could love two people she'd never really known . . .
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264 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 7, 2012
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