With Blood and Scars

Time is running out for Ania. Not long ago, when she watched a documentary about World War Two, blurred images began to haunt her. Now, she has to force her dying father to revisit his childhood in 1944 in Warsaw, a time when decisions were made on the spur of the moment, a place where chaos undermined all previous morality. Who is her father really? Can she bear to find out? Will her life unravel if she learns the truth?
Another secret from childhood also torments her: an terrifying incident she filed in her memory store in 1966. The police have found the remains of a child in Whalley Range. Should she contact her gang of friends from her own childhood days? Will they persuade her to reveal what happened then? Or should she continue to keep that secret forever?
Through the eyes of the spirited young Ania and friends, B. E. Andre explores with multi-layered humour and irascibility the incomprehensible attitudes of adults towards their World War Two past. With the prism of maturity, she grows to understand and appreciate the facts.
This heart-wrenching coming-of-age novel is a gripping tale of survival against all odds: a life-affirming immigrant story of tenacity, hope and courage.

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