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Title Strangers in time [electronic resource]. David Baldacci.
Author Baldacci, David.
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Other Classification Number FIC030000 FIC031020 FIC014050 bisacsh
Personal Name Baldacci, David.
Title Statement Strangers in time [electronic resource]. David Baldacci.
Edition Statement Unabridged.
Imprint 2025.
Physical Description 1 online resource (94 audio files) : digital
Playing Time 13:45:01
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Media Type audio s rdamedia
Media Type computer c rdamedia
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Participant or Performer Note Narrator: David Baldacci.
Summary, Etc. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes a David Baldacci novel, set in London in 1944, about a bereaved book shop owner and two teenagers scarred by the second world war—and the healing and hope they find in one another. Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, ducking school but barred from actual work, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he's old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there's no telling when a falling bomb might end his life. ​ Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of people to have been evacuated to the countryside via "Operation Pied Piper," Molly has been away from her parents—from her home—for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she'd hoped for as she's confronted by a devastating reality: neither of her parents are there, only her old nanny, Mrs. Pride. Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his book shop, The Book Keep, where "a book a day keeps the bombs away". Mourning the recent loss of his wife, Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each other—over the course of the greatest armed conflict the world had ever seen—they rediscover the spirit of family each has lost. But Charlie's escapades in the city have not gone unnoticed, and someone's been following Molly since she returned to London. And Ignatius is reeling from a secret Imogen long kept from him while she was alive—something so shocking it resulted in her death, and his life being turned upside down. As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive.
Reproduction Note Electronic reproduction. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2025. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Fiction. OverDrive
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Suspense. OverDrive
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Thriller. OverDrive
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Historical Fiction. OverDrive
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Added Entry, Personal Name Baldacci, David.
Additional Physical Form Entry Original 9781538742051
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