The Beleaguered

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Lynne Golding. The Beleaguered

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PRAISE FOR THE INNOCENT

“Lynne Golding has opened a magical door to the past and ushered us into Edwardian Brampton to marvel at a simpler time… [The Innocent] will make you laugh and weep and wonder, and be fondly remembered long after the final pages are read.”

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“Don’t look at me,” Roy said. “At this rate the war will be over before I get back to my regiment. And if it isn’t, well then, I will be just fine. I have plenty of training. I can take on one, two, or three Germans at a time! They won’t know what hit them!” He ended his battle cry with a firm fist on the table. The cutlery around him leapt briefly above its station.

“Thank you, Roy,” Aunt Rose said, patting his hand before rearranging her dessert cutlery. “We don’t need quite that much enthusiasm at the table.” Everyone turned to my brother Jim, also then twenty-two.

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