Showing results for "Joséphine" in World War II

Drei Generationen, eine Geschichte voller Geheimnisse und Liebe. Anna hat in ihrer Kindheit bereits mehr durchstehen müssen als andere Menschen in ihrem ganzen Leben. Mit sechzehn Jahren erfährt sie zum ersten Mal von ihrer Großmutter Belle, bei der sie von nun an leben soll. Doch auch wenn Belle sich alle Mühe gibt, ihr ein liebevolles Zuhause zu schenken, hat Anna ihre Schwierigkeiten, sich dem neu gewonnenen Familienglück zu öffnen. Zu oft wurde sie bereits enttäuscht, zu oft verletzt. Und schon bald muss Anna feststellen, dass Belle tatsächlich etwas vor ihr verbirgt.

Paris, 1941. With Nazi occupation imminent, journalist Elodie Mitchell plans to return home to Chicago. But an unexpected invitation to a Josephine Baker show changes everything. Mistaken for the star, Elodie is whisked backstage, where she uncovers an underground resistance movement hidden beneath the glitz and glamour. Drawn into a whisper network of spies, Elodie accepts a perilous mission: to go undercover as Josephine's cousin and gather vital intelligence.

November, 1941. Christmas is coming... and despite the blackout, shortages and a constant threat of air raids, the inhabitants of Kelthorpe on the Yorkshire coast are determined that war won't stop them celebrating. The run-up to Christmas sees sisters Connie and Lizzie and their good friend Pamela busier than ever. Between their jobs, carol-singing rehearsals with the church choir and night shifts doing their bit as Air Raid Wardens and ambulance drivers, it's all go.

London, 1940. When nurse Elsie offers to send a reassuring letter to the family of a patient, she has an idea. She begins a book of last letters: messages to be sent on to wounded soldiers’ loved ones should the very worst come to pass so that no one is left without a final goodbye. London, present day. Stephanie has a lot of people she’d like to speak to: her estranged brother, to whom her last words were in anger; her nan, whose dementia means she is only occasionally lucid enough to talk.