![]() ![]() The community where they live establishes a roster of fire-watchers which requires neighbors to climb into the church tower to spot fires in times of bombings. They move in and scrape together enough of the basic pots, pans, beds, sheets with the generosity of Lady Thornton. Lady Thornton offers them a cottage when Susan's house is destroyed. But out in the countryside Susan took them in and their lives began again.Ĭatching up with the two children in THE WAR I FINALLY WON we find Ada struggling with the emotions she holds caged inside herself and Jamie reaching out to accept his new mother, Susan, and embracing the wonder of the animals on the farms nearby. ![]() Either one of these dangers could have taken their lives, especially Ada's with her clubfoot and the special rage her mother held for her. In THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE Ada and Jamie escaped both the anger in their mother and the bombings in London. There's nothing like a good book.a really good book.and THIS is a really GOOD book. ![]()
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