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Summary

Timeless romance from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s heart-warming and gripping fiction, set in post-war Liverpool and France, continues to move readers. 
Set in the aftermath of war, this is a tale of courage and endurance of ordinary people. 
A young Liverpool woman is widowed in the Second World War before she can know the happiness of having a family. 
On a trip to Normandy, to see the site of the D-Day landings where her husband was killed, she meets an impoverished French poultry farmer. Reduced by the war to driving a beaten-up taxi and caring for his mother and dying brother, his happiness feels out of reach. 
Can two people shake off the shadows of the past and build a new life together? 
Helen Forrester's historical sagas are renowned for their rural settings and military themes. In Madame Barbara, she takes us to the small towns of post-war Liverpool and France, showcasing her top-notch storytelling skills. 
For fans of Katie Flynn (The Winter Runaway), Maureen Lee (The Kelly Sisters), Pam Howes (Secrets on Mersey Square), Anna Jacobs (The Secrets of Eastby End), and Rosie Goodwin (Yesterday's Shadows). 
HarperCollins 2022

Duration: about 18 hours (17:52:17)
Publishing date: 2022-11-10; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction
• Historical Novel