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World War II starts, and Margaret, John and Ruth are evacuated to Somerset.  Then the family leaves wartime England for South Africa, leaving Sandy behind.

Illness casts a dark shadow over the family, and then the Second World War comes.

More about life at the Bower House and surrounds.

Setting the scene: how the family came to live at The Bower House in Sussex, a description of the property, and an introduction to the family plus others who worked on the estate and in the house.

The back story of the family, plus how the book came into being.