The Secret Home is a true story and a fable, of my father when he was a boy, and there was a war.

He and his parents hid in an underground dig-out for three and a half years, sheltered by a family who had previously been strangers.

Illustrated with richly-colored artwork, this book tells of the great risks we can take and the generosity we can offer even at times of the most massive upheaval.

My grandfather told me this story over and over when I was a child, planting the beginnings of this book.

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