by Hazel Gaynor
First published 2016
The clock counts down to November 11, 1918, at 11 AM. Midwife Annie Rawlins works desperately to save a baby's life as the Great War reaches its final moments. She has witnessed too much death and loss. She prays the time for grief will end with the fighting. Across the battlefields of France, her son Will walks his last patrol. He holds tight to memories of home and struggles to survive long enough to return there. The Armistice bells begin to ring across Europe. Mother and son each face one final battle. Annie fights for the infant in her care. Will fights to make it home alive. Both must seize the chance for hope that this new day promises to bring.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, war
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: mother-son, survival
Setting: France
Period: November 11, 1918
52 pages · Kindle Edition · William Morrow Paperbacks
Content warnings: death, war