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Soraya M. Lane Quotes

10 of the best book quotes from Soraya M. Lane
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“The other is a French woman who lives with her younger sister in a small village in France. They witness a massacre of British soldiers right in front of their house.”
Soraya M. Lane
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The Secrets We Left Behind
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“The story of three very strong women. One is a British nurse who together with a wounded soldier are left behind in Dunkirk and must find their way to freedom.”
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“But when the Nazis arrive to claim prisoners of war, she takes her chance and flees into the night, taking one patient with her.”
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“Fifty miles away, the surrendering soldiers of the Royal Norfolk Regiment are shot dead by the advancing Germans.”
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“Beneath the pile of bodies two men survive, crawling to the safety of a nearby farmhouse, where sisters Elise and Adelaide risk their lives to take them in.”
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“The British army are retreating, the French army are trying to hold the Germans off as long as possible and they desperately need to get to Dunkirk. ”
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“The British medical staff at the field hospital in a French chateau draw straws to decide who stays behind with the patients and who goes with the walking wounded to the beach.”
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“Occupied France, 1940. When the staff at a field hospital draw straws to find out who will join the evacuation from Dunkirk, Nurse Cate is left behind.”
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“When Cate, too, arrives at their door with her injured soldier, the pressure mounts. The sisters are risking everything to keep their visitors safe.”
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“But with the Nazis coming ever closer and relationships in the farmhouse intensifying, they must all question the sacrifices they are willing to make for the lives of others. How far will they go for family, friendship, and love?”

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