When the Children Came Home

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Julie Summers is a bestselling author and historian. Her books include:

• Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine
• The Colonel of Tamarkan, a biography of her grandfather, the man who built the ‘real’ bridge on the River Kwai
• Stranger in the House, a social history of servicemen reuniting with their families after the Second World War
• When the Children Came Home, which tells the story of returning evacuees.

Her book Jambusters was the inspiration for ITV’s hit drama series Home Fires, which ran for two seasons in 2015–16. She lives in Oxford.

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