... Celia trailed after her papa. She didn't know why, except that he needed looking after. Her mama kept her eyes on ... sweet water—she'd even measured the sugar in herself. Smelling salts, a toothpick, a pack of matches and sometimes a ...
"When antiques dealer Sadie Brennan's niece enters into a trauma-induced state of muteness, Sadie and her niece Savannah must solve the mystery of a homeless woman in Chicago named Ruby"--Provided by publisher.
In this volume of her journals we live with her during the terrors of the Nazi bombing raids in her own neighborhood as well as the ubiquitous deprivations and struggles of any civilian in a war zone.
Ruby Francis, nee Fincham, born in rural Norfolk during World War II; always looking forward and for hope, no matter how tough life became.