The overwhelming love Helen Carstairs feels for Heine Weber, a young German photographer exiled from his own country, is powerful enough to overcome the shock and prejudices of her family and friends. As the clouds of war gather over Europe, they marry, but when the devastating conflict finally breaks out, Helen's world begins to fall apart. Heine is taken from her and interned. Their young son, Christophe, is evacuated to the lonely safety of rural Norfolk. Helen is left alone in London to cope with the absence of her loved ones and the horrors of the Blitz.
It will take all Helen's fortitude and love to survive and to bring her family together again.
The Future is Ours From the wide open spaces of Pennsylvania to fifties Soho's smoky jazz clubs and the hell of the Korean war, The Future is Ours is an enthralling and heartwarming saga from an outstanding storyteller. `A welcome antidote to the vacuousness that dominates the bestseller lists' Western Mail