My Rating: 4.8
In 1940 London, Millie and Reginald Thompson make the extremely difficult decision to send their eleven year old daughter to live with a well off family in America. Scared and angry, feeling lonely and displaced, Bea arrives in Boston to meet the Gregorys. Mr. and Mrs. G, and their sons William and Gerald, fold Bea seamlessly into their world and Beatrix will be racked with guilt when she thinks about how they feel as much her family as her mom and dad back in London. In fact, as the years go by, her London life becomes a fuzzy memory. Still, she knows she'll have to go back to London, there is no way she can stay in the US and break the mother's heart.
This was very well told and made me feel for all involved but most especially Bea. Both families were torn at what they gained/lost at various times but the transition was the hardest on Bea. I loved that the story didn't end there but continued on for years afterwards.
This is on my list. Sounds like a book for me.
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