Marilyn Taylor: Faraway Home

Faraway Home is based on true events, describing the real experiences of young refugees who came to Nothern Ireland during World War Two. 

Karl and his sister Rosa escape from Nazi-occupied Vienna to Nothern Ireland on a Kindertransport. They are sent to Millisle Farm in Country Down with other Jewish refugees. Here, they must adapt to a very different life, far from their parents and all that is familiar. 

But war is never far away, with rationing, air-raid warnings and the spy scare. And when Belfast is bombed with-out warning, Karl feels that his whole fragile world has collapsed. But with the help of Judy from Dublin and Peewee from Belfast, he learns that out of conflict and despair extraordinary friendship can grow.

Format: Paperback