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The rescue man

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Orphaned as a child and approaching forty with no prospect of a family of his own, Tom Baines is a man emotionally adrift. The outbreak of war brings a new sense of purpose and unexpected relationships. Yet in wartime ordinary …

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Orphaned as a child and approaching forty with no prospect of a family of his own, Tom Baines is a man emotionally adrift. The outbreak of war brings a new sense of purpose and unexpected relationships. Yet in wartime ordinary rules are suspended, and Baines finds himself caught up in a love affair that is as all-consuming as it is transgressive.

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"Orphaned as a child and approaching forty with no prospect of a family of his own, Tom Baines is a man emotionally adrift. The outbreak of war brings a new …"

— Margaret

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