Pattern of Shadows
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The drowning man.
It was over. They were together
Also from Judith Barrow
Changing Patterns: the follow up to Pattern of Shadows, available as ebook from www.honno.co.uk and good bookshops:
May 1950, Britain is struggling with the hardships of rationing and the aftermath of the Second World War. Peter Schormann, a German ex-prisoner of war, has left his home country to be with Mary Howarth, matron of a small hospital in Wales. The two met when Mary was a nurse at the POW camp hospital. They intend to marry, but the memory of Frank Shuttleworth, an ex-boyfriend of Mary’s, continues to haunt them and there are many obstacles in the way of their happiness, not the least of which is Mary’s troubled family.
When tragedy strikes, Mary hopes it will unite her siblings, but it is only when a child disappears that the whole family pulls together to save one of their own from a common enemy
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Published by Honno
‘Ailsa Craig’, Heol y Cawl, Dinas Powys, South Glamorgan,
Wales, CF64 4AH.
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Copyright © Judith Barrow, 2010
The right of Judith Barrow to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
The Author would like to stress that this is a work of fiction and no resemblance to any actual individual or institution is intended or implied.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Published with the financial support of the Welsh Books Council.
ISBN 9781906784553
Cover photographs: © Getty Images
Cover design: Jenks Design
Text design: Graham Preston
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