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1940, 1996: Two sisters in occupied Jersey during WWII
The Lighthouse Sisters
What you need to know before your trail
1940: For sisters Alice and Jenny life is just beginning when the Nazis seize control of the island of Jersey, driving the girls down separate paths. While Alice is forced by the enemy to work in the German hospital, Jenny is attracted to the circle of islanders rising up to resist the occupiers. And as the war tightens its grip, it will cause each of the sisters to make an extraordinary choice, experience unimaginable heartbreak and emerge forever changed…
1996: The war may have ended decades earlier, but for the elegant woman sitting alone now, the images live on in her memory: her sister’s carefree laughter, the inky black of a German soldier’s boots, the little boats that never came back. And the one constant through it all: the lighthouse that always guided them back to the island…
Locations
Reset- Channel Islands - Jersey
- A: St Aubin's Bay
- B: St Catherine's
- C: St Catherines Lighthouse
- D: St Peter
- E: Noirmont
Travel Guide
Jersey
Life on a small island when the Germans invade – you can’t imagine the horror.
What this novel shows is the will and strength of ordinary people – how life went on and how the hospitals and the underground hospital operated despite war going on around them.
The Martello towers such as at Noir point and the light house are interesting to learn about.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Lighthouse Sisters
Destination/location: Jersey Author/Guide: Gill Thompson Departure Time: WW2
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