Until the Road Ends

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When Peggy rescues a stray dog and takes him home, the Alford family seems complete. Her brother Wilf has Mabel, a self-obsessed but devoted cat, Mum and Dad have one another and Peggy now has Beau. They are inseparable until the unthinkable happens.

It’s 1939 and the war that everyone hoped could be avoided is changing everyone’s lives. Peggy and Wilf are evacuated to the safety of the coast, hundreds of miles away, while Beau becomes an unlikely hero of the bombings and the Blitz.

But when the worst thing imaginable happens, Beau knows he must leave London and try to get to Peggy even though he has no idea where or how to begin.

With short, accessible chapters, this is the story of how Beau, Mabel the cat and a war-ready pigeon named Bomber embark on a perilous mission for the sake of two orphaned children.

Written from the animals’ point of view, it’s gritty, exciting, funny and uplifting with some of the least likely episodes being based on real people and events.

Until the Road Ends is a stand-alone story but also completes the trilogy of Blitz novels by Phil Earle.

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