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Aug 30, 2025 3:23 AM

Author:Ellie Dean

Far From Home

THE SECOND CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN

It is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital on the south coast to be near her badly injured husband, Adam. But her decision has meant that she has

had to part with their beloved five-year-old daughter, Alice, who is travelling to safety in Canada.

Polly's heart is torn in two as she says goodbye to Alice and heads to the Beach View boarding house in Cliffehaven, where she throws herself into her work.

But as she confronts the fact that Adam may not survive his injuries, a telegram arrives at Beach View. The boat Alice was on has been torpedoed by a German U-boat...

A fabulous, heart-warming Second World War novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series (previously called the Beach View Boarding House series).

Reviews

THE SECOND CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN

It is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital on the south coast to be near her badly injured husband, Adam. But her decision has meant that she has
had to part with their beloved five-year-old daughter, Alice, who is travelling to safety in Canada.

—— From the publisher's description

Fans of wartime family stories will love this follow-up to There’ll Be Blue Skies.

—— Peterborough Evening Telegraph

One of the best Liverpool writers

—— Liverpool Echo

Arrow's best and biggest saga author. She's good.

—— Bookseller

Katie Flynn's series of Liverpool novels have, rightly, been much acclaimed for the vividness of her settings and delicate brushstrokes of her characters.

—— Choice Magazine

A magnificent and evocative tale that shows why she is one of the country's most popular storytellers

—— Scottish Daily Record

You won't be able to put this down until you have read every word

—— No 1

This heart-warming book really captures the post-war era and the various twists and turns in the plot make this tale a real page-turner of a Christmas story.

—— No.1 Magazine
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