The Star and the Shamrock, Jean Grainger
The Star and the Shamrock, Jean Grainger
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The Star and the Shamrock

Author: Jean Grainger

Narrator: Siobhan Waring

Unabridged: 7 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Jean Grainger

Published: 04/05/2020


Synopsis

Ariella Bannon has no choice: she must put her precious children, Liesl and Erich, on that train or allow them to become prey for the Nazis.Berlin 1939.When her husband doesn’t come home one day, Ariella realises that the only way she can ensure her Jewish children’s safety is to avail of the Kindertransport, but can she bear to let them go?A thousand miles away, Elizabeth Klein has closed herself off from the world. Losing her husband on the last day of the Great War, and her child months later, she cannot, will not, love again. It hurts too much.But she is all Liesl and Erich Bannon have.Thrown together in the wild countryside of Northern Ireland, Elizabeth and the Bannon children discover that life in the country is anything but tranquil. Danger and intrigue lurk everywhere, and some people are not what they seem.From the streets of wartime Berlin, to the bombed out city of Liverpool, and finally resting in the lush valleys of the Ards Penisula, The Star and The Shamrock from USA Today bestselling author Jean Grainger, is unputdownable.

About Jean Grainger

Jean Grainger has worked as a university lecturer, a secondary school teacher, a playwright, and a tour guide. She is the author of several novels, including Shadow of a Century, Letters of Freedom, and Under Heaven's Shining Stars. She lives in Cork, Ireland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dan on May 30, 2019

Jean Grainger has done it again. With each book of hers that I read I find myself thinking that she has outdone herself and how can she possibly do any better. Yet again, she has done it. I was enthralled from the opening pages. This is a wonderful combination of historical fiction, mystery, and dra......more

Goodreads review by Maggie on August 10, 2021

Just because The Star and the Shamrock reads like YA fiction—no big words or horrific violence, just a straightforward WW2 love/spy story about resilience, overcoming prejudice, and making sacrifices—with a happy ending, doesn't mean old adults won't like it. Of course we know that the “hero” isn’t......more

Goodreads review by Susan on November 10, 2019

While the Republic of Ireland refused to accept refugees during WWII, County Down, as one of the Six Counties, did take in Jewish children who escaped on the Kindertransport. This was a good introduction to a topic that I knew little about, but it made me want to find a somewhat more sophisticated t......more