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Swingboats on the Sand

A Holidays at Home Saga seriesbook 2 of 4Next:Waiting for Yesterday(2001) →

In 1940, overseas holidays are out of reach because of the war, so families are finding their pleasures closer to home. For the Piper family, whose café at St David's Wells is doing a brisk trade, the crowds bring prosperity but also tension behind the counter.

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Beth Castle has known Freddy Clements all her life, and the two are expected to become engaged before long. But as war draws nearer, Freddy and Beth's brothers are called away to fight, and the plans everyone had made begin to change in ways no one expected. This second novel in the Holidays at Home series is a wartime saga about a close-knit family, romance, and the loyalties that are tested when the world turns upside down.

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adult

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