The war i finally won author5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Susan helps Ada learn to read, sews her clothing, and most strikingly, hopes to arrange an operation for her foot. However, the three soon forge an incredible bond. Susan is grappling with a deep grief of her own, and is initially hesitant about caring for children. The unkempt and malnourished siblings struggle to find placement but are ultimately sent to live with a woman named Susan Smith. Mam forbids Ada to go, insisting that nobody will want her but on the day Jamie is set to leave, Ada escapes with him. Ada’s only interactions with the outside world occur through the sliver she can view from the apartment window.Īs the war worsens, children are sent to stay with families in the countryside. Ada was born with a clubfoot and Mam frequently insults and mistreats her, keeping her trapped in their dingy apartment. ![]() Ada lives with her younger brother, Jamie, and Mam, her abusive mother, in a London flat. The year is 1939 and World War II is raging. ![]()
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