Girl with No Name, The, Diney Costeloe
Girl with No Name, The, Diney Costeloe
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Girl with No Name, The

Author: Diney Costeloe

Narrator: Anna Bentinck

Unabridged: 18 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2018


Synopsis

Thirteen-year-old Lisa has escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. She arrives in London unable to speak a word of English, her few belongings crammed into a small suitcase. Among them is one precious photograph of the family she has left behind. Lonely and homesick, she is adopted by a childless couple. But when the Blitz blows her new home apart, she wakes up in a hospital with no memory of who she is or where she came from. The authorities give her a new name and dispatch her to a children's home. With the war raging around her, what will become of Lisa now?

About Diney Costeloe

Diney Costeloe is the daughter of a London publisher and has been writing since she was five. First published under the name Diney Delancey, she has written romance as well as historical novels set against the backdrop of war in Europe. She and her husband enjoy traveling and have five grandchildren.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela

Some might say that this book cannot possibly be true, some might look at the release date and wonder if something else is up. But truth be told or not, it doesn't matter - this was an utterly engrossing read. I devoured it in 24 hours, and found myself totally immersed. The writing style, at the be......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

There is much controversy as to whether this story is true or not. I don't know that it really matters. I'm sure it matters to the author and to Marina herself. Regardless, the messages and circumstances in the book itself are quite good. This book has made me look at things a little differently. Ma......more

Goodreads review by Rosie

5 estrelas porque é uma obra de amor! Porque nasce da vontade de uma filha em compilar a história da vida da Mãe. E que história! Porque me senti na pele da menina sem nome e fiquei devastada. Porque é preciso relatos destes para nos "humanizarmos". Vi há alguns anos o documentário na National Geographi......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

The sort of story that once started, I have to finish in nearly one sitting. A fascinating account of a woman whose childhood was spent in part among monkeys in the Colombian jungle (as a five-year-old, she was kidnapped, then abandoned in the jungle). Later, surrendering herself to a stranger, she......more