When's Mummy Coming?

Hearts at War, Book 1

By: Rachel Wesson

Narrated by: Harrie Dobby

To Keep Her Children, Another Woman Has To Die

Germany 1939 – To save her baby, Trudi Beck must hand her over to strangers who will take her across the sea to a foreign country. Trudi has already lost her husband to the Nazis, her stepsons are taking the train too. Walking away from the train station with empty arms is the hardest thing she's ever done.

London 1939 – Newly married, Sally Matthews, is alone again. Her husband is away training for war, leaving her days and home empty. She volunteers to help with the children from the Kindertransport, becoming captivated by five-year-old Tom and his baby sister, Liesel. Their elder brother, Heinz, is a different story. His attitude, after a period in Dachau concentration camp, makes him difficult to love.

1945 - Five years of war, with Heinz pulled from her family and sent to an internment camp, Sally has to explain to Tom and Liesel what the end of the war means. Return to Germany for the children, hopefully to a surviving family member. Perhaps Trudi has survived the war. Tortured Sally doesn't wish Trudi harm, but Sally can't let go of her children no matter what others say.

©2021 Rachel Wesson (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd

It gripped me

I loved it and the narrator was really good clear and easy to hear
Loved loved it

Wow

What a great lesson about many kinds of love, the sacrifices, the joy, and the hatred of war. Thank you.

Sweet Historical War Romance

This was a powerful story. I've read a lot of war romance, but this is the first book that was set around the kinder transports and the families that took the kids in. An harrowing journey for so many children. Many lost one or more of their parents or guardians to the war. Many were used as labor, but some like these children, found loving homes, eventually.
The real suffering isn't just for the soldiers or the families left at home. The children on every level suffered the most.
Brilliantly written with focuses on both the positive and negative affects of all involved.
The ending is definitely a tear jerker, but in a beautiful way.
The narration was almost perfect!!

Who narrated this??

I am so confused at how a book about Jews could be narrated by someone who pronounces the CH sound so very wrong. Chanukkah? Chaya? Oh my.

Great story

Good story with good narration. I love historical stories that are based on true life events.

Loved it

What a creative angle of a WWII historical fiction novel. I loved it. The characters were interesting and the story engaging.

Poor performance and sound quality.

I could not get past about an hour or so into this audiobook because the quality of the sound system. The performance might have been acceptable if performance had not been combined with the poor sound system. The story sounded interesting but not interesting enough to get past the sound quality.

Didn’t get good until almost the end

I agree that the story effectively conveyed its message without going into excessive gruesome details. However, the beginning was quite dull. It only became engaging towards the end. Overall, it was a good story with excellent narration.

The readers mispronounced use of Dachau

The readers use of the word Dachau which she pronounced as "Da-Cow" was seriously cringe worthy. If you are the reader of a book, please use the proper pronunciation of this sacred place.