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Near the end of WWII, members of a poor family in London's home front struggle to maintain their good spirits even as the Nazis launch a barrage of new, horrific, last ditch weapons that include space age rockets.
This is a fictional treatment of a tragic historical event, much like Cameron's "Titanic".
The climax follows events up to November 25, 1944, when a single Nazi V2 ballistic missile devastated a department store on New Cross Road in Britain. It was the single worst bombing of the entire blitz on English territory, with 168 killed and hundreds injured:
http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1940s-newcrossmemorial.htm
So, similar to Jack and Rose in Cameron's blockbuster, "Titanic", my story's widowed mother Elsa, her daughters Rebecca, 20, Maggie, 16, and son Sam, 9, didn't really exist. But ordinary people just like them did. As the seemingly never-ending conflict that was WWII dragged drearily on, they faced down the fearful, new, relentless missile threat with courage, humour and the undying love of family.
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