![]() But she loves working at the store, and her parents already have three children at war to worry about. Grace Baker feels at odds, like she should be doing something more useful, to help out with the war like her brothers, rather than just working in the local general store. Genevieve Graham took this tale and imagined what might have come of it. Graham also explains that there are legends that persist along the Eastern shore of Nova Scotia, one of which involves a group of German U-boat sailors that snuck into a local dance. ![]() In the prologue, Graham explains that “between 19, fifteen U-boats infiltrated Canadian waters, sinking twenty-three ships”, including the passenger ferry that runs between Cape Breton and Newfoundland, killing 136 people. ![]() Genevieve Graham likes to place her stories in the middle of historical events – in this case the presence of German U-Boats along the east coast of Canada during WWII. Danny and Audrey Baker’s children are grown – their three boys away fighting in the war and their daughter, Grace, at home with them. Come From Awaytakes place during WWII, a generation later. ![]() Previously, I have read Genevieve Graham’s Tides of Honour, which is a love story set during WWI and the Halifax Explosion. ![]()
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