America, Lost & Found
By Anthony Bailey.
Description
In 1940 seven-year-old Tony Bailey was evacuated to the United States—one of more than 16,000 children sent overseas at a time when a Nazi invasion of England seemed inevitable. He spent four years with the wealthy Spaeth family in Dayton, Ohio, before returning to his parents in Southampton. Evocative, heartfelt, and charming, this is a story of a double childhood—of a boy who became American while never ceasing to be British."An original, sensitively told story in which the perspectives of the child are carefully remembered. . . . Bailey's book speaks, with gentle el...
ISBN(s)
0394510887, 9780394510880
