Beyond distance, beyond time, beyond life itself. Spanning the sweep of the 20th century, We Must Be Brave explores the fierce love that we feel for our children and the power of that love to endure. But with the end of the fighting comes the realization that Pamela was never theirs to keep. As the war rages on, love grows where it was least expected, surprising them all. Little Pamela, it seems, is entirely alone.Įllen has always believed she does not want children, but when she takes Pamela into her home, the child cracks open the past Ellen thought she had escaped and the future she and her husband, Selwyn, had dreamed for themselves. In Upton village, amid the chaos, newly married Ellen Parr finds a girl asleep, unclaimed at the back of an empty bus. As German bombs fall on Southampton, England, during World War II, the city's residents flee to the surrounding villages. The child who changed everything.ĭecember 1940. Beyond distance, beyond time, beyond life itself.Ī woman. "A powerful story that proves how love itself requires courage." (Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing ) Best Sellers Rank: 6,978,264 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books) 6,712 in World War II Historical Fiction (Books) 29,247 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction.
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