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Boekhandel Douwes Den Haag

Goodbye East End

An Evacuee's Story

David Merron

Goodbye East End

Goodbye East End

An Evacuee's Story

Goodbye East End

 

A moving WWII memoir about an eight-year-old boy evacuated to the English countryside from the heart of a close-knit Jewish community in London's East End. Celebrates the wonder and tranquility of the natural world that changed the shape of David's life

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Beschrijving Goodbye East End

As Hitler’s bombs threatened London during World War Two, eight-year-old David Merron was removed from his family and close-knit Jewish community in the East End and evacuated to the safety of the English countryside. Placed into the car of strangers, life was sometimes unpredictable and lonely.

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9780552171472
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368
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Engels
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Transworld Publishers Ltd

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