EMMA KEENE’S DIARY
The island of Jersey, 1960:
After the death of her uncle, movie star Margo Keene returns to the island of Jersey to sell her family’s cottage. While an eight-year-old child during WWII, she had been evacuated to London with most of the island’s children just before the Germans invaded. As the war raged and she was raised by adoptive parents, her mother and father were both killed during the enemy occupation. Her mother Emma was a traitor who betrayed her husband and many others—killed by someone she wronged while colluding with the enemy. Her father Percy was a war hero who served in the island’s government while clandestinely fighting the Nazis—but was eventually caught and executed. It was an embarrassing history for a movie star, kept secret from her adoring fans by her employer, London Studios. But it was a story she had been told repeatedly. She had never doubted it. She had no reason to.
Until she finds her mother’s diary…
Genre: General Fiction
The island of Jersey, 1960:
After the death of her uncle, movie star Margo Keene returns to the island of Jersey to sell her family’s cottage. While an eight-year-old child during WWII, she had been evacuated to London with most of the island’s children just before the Germans invaded. As the war raged and she was raised by adoptive parents, her mother and father were both killed during the enemy occupation. Her mother Emma was a traitor who betrayed her husband and many others—killed by someone she wronged while colluding with the enemy. Her father Percy was a war hero who served in the island’s government while clandestinely fighting the Nazis—but was eventually caught and executed. It was an embarrassing history for a movie star, kept secret from her adoring fans by her employer, London Studios. But it was a story she had been told repeatedly. She had never doubted it. She had no reason to.
Until she finds her mother’s diary…
Genre: General Fiction
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