The Secret Book of Flora Lea is the story of two children sent out of London to the countryside during WWII.

The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

Genre/Categories/Setting: Historical Fiction, WWII, Mystery, English Countryside

Welcome to #ThrowBackThursday where I highlight an older review or post a current review of a backlist title. This week I’m featuring a histfic mystery, The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry.

I’m linking up with Davida @ The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog for #ThrowbackThursday.

My Summary:

In 1939, Operation Pied Piper moved children from London to the English countryside to protect them from aerial bombings. Fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are placed with a kind woman and her teenage son near the river Thames. Hazel entertains her young sister with walks, games, and invented stories. One of the stories is a fairy tale set in a magical land. One day, a tragedy occurs, and Flora vanishes near the banks of the river. It is presumed that she drowned, and Hazel carries the guilt into her adulthood. In 1960, Hazel works at a rare books bookstore and receives a strange package in the mail. It’s a story called Whisperwood and the River of Stars….the story she made up twenty years ago for her sister. Since she never told anyone else about the story, Hazel wonders if this could be a clue to her sister’s disappearance. Who wrote this story? Is her sister still alive? Is this a cruel joke? Hazel embarks on a quest to find answers.

The power of storytelling and imagination…

Continue here for my full review of The Secret Life of Flora Lea…

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QOTD:

Have you read other books by Patti Callahan Henry?
(My review of Surviving Savannah)

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