Will I love Strangers in Time?

Set in London in 1944, the lives of three unlikely strangers collide when a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by World War II meet.
Charlie Matters is an orphan living rough on the streets of London. While he lives with his gran, he has given up on school (without her knowledge) and theirs is a hand-to-mouth existence. Sometimes he earns a few coins from doing some odd jobs, but more often he is forced to steal to help them survive. He has managed to avoid the falling bombs, but in his young life, there is no certainty.
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David Baldacci’s Strangers in Time is a compelling and sensitive tale about displaced people finding each other – and perhaps themselves – as they struggle to survive World War II in war-torn London.

The intense reality of war leads to inventive approaches to daily life and unbreakable bonds with each other. It’s a novel that resonates deeply with me in my own writing, as I present characters with vastly differing views on war, as well as visions of how to achieve peace in America’s foreign policy and throughout our modern, violent world.