All That Shimmers

All That ShimmersDescription By Kady Ambrose Paperback Your destiny is a man of silver and goldBy a woodland fairy, her future is foretold. While World War I rages in Europe, Vanessa Perkins, a vivacious nanny with a whimsical imagination, enjoys summering with her wealthy Boston employers at a glamorous lakeside resort. There she meets Avery, a gentle botanist, and Ned, a dashing aristocrat. Raised in a brutal orphanage, Vanessa dreams of being part of a close family

the Germans implement a secret plan to strike back

Englund’s collection of these varied perspectives describes not a course of events but "a world of feeling

their machinery and the extraordinary grit they displayed in performing some of the most difficult tasks in a war noted for the horrific conditions in which it was waged

this fictional story traces the history of the Women’s Land Army during World War I

Contains the Daily News from 5th August 1914

and their children John

To stave off despair and boredom

the nature of the German resistance is subject to analysis

and Staten Island

These were days of drama for a soldier – and perhaps for the world

Men and women from the area battled in the trenches

religion and the arts