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War's End
Suddenly I saw how much Dad coming home mattered to Mum. She needed him to share with. Pa helped but it wasn't the same, and he needed time to himself as well. I saw that Jack needed Dad home to save his life from being something he hated. And Martha needed him to say she was doing the right thing. I was the only one who didn't need Dad but perhaps I would when I got used to him.' Dad is finally on his way home from The Great War. Twelve-year-old Nell barely remembers him but when the pneumonic influenza enters their lives threatening Dad's return she begins to understand the gap in the family his absence has created. This is one family's experience of the end of the war, a time of hope that turned into a time of testing.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
200 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2008
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October 7, 2017
Plodding
July 25, 2014
A clever written book explaining about how a family deals with their life while the husband/dad/son in law is off fighting. The family deals with the highs and lows and this has been well planned. Using real suburbs also gave it the good Australian feel.
May 23, 2011
this was a book about a little girl. after the war her dad comes home and thats when the disease comes.
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