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Synopsis
For Mary Bradshaw and her widowed mother, life is full of rationing, blackouts, and the wail of the air-raid siren. During the worst air raid Liverpool has ever suffered, fate deals Mary the first of many cruel blows it has in store for her. She is devastated as her whole world collapses.
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Is When one door closes appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
Set during the Liverpool Blitz, this novel depicts wartime hardship including air raids, rationing, and loss. Romance is likely gentle with no explicit content, but themes of grief and civilian war trauma are central.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death of parent, mass death, and war.
Who'll love this
A moving wartime story about a young woman finding strength and love amid the devastation of WWII Liverpool.