Evelyn Bell lives in London with her sister Cynthia, and her younger sister Maureen has been evacuated to the country. Cynthia's a judgemental and difficult person and Evie desperately wants to leave home. In 1941, she joins the Auxiliary Territorial Service, a group of women in charge of the searchlights used to spot German aircraft, and London’s defense gunners shoot the planes down, and hopefully before they drop their bombs. Evie’s also involved in search and rescue, looking for people in the bombed out buildings and they provide lights at night so the crews can see. When the war is over, Evie finds living with Cynthia unbearable, by chance she comes across a secret night-time cabaret show, and it’s held on a boat on the Thames River.

She meets, the owner Humphrey Wash, and performers Alvin and Bee. They need lights for their acts, and Evie grabs the chance to join the group of artists aboard the Victory, they perform in England and France. Evie’s attracted to a member of the crew Flynn, he was in the American army with Alvin and he’s struggling with PTSD. She loses her heart to Flynn, she doesn’t know how troubled he is, and one night aboard the boat theirs a terrible accident.

Lucy, feels a burden and unwanted by her Aunty Cynthia. In 1963, she’s rescued by Humphrey Wash, and he takes her to live at his house on the Isle of Wight. Here she meets Bee, she knew her mother Evelyn, and her mysterious father. Lucy's shown another side of life, she has fun, feels loved and is treated with kindness. But she still wants to find out what happened to her mother Evelyn, who's her father, and where is he?

The Daughter of Victory Lights, is a dual timeline story, it follows the lives of the two main characters of Evelyn and Lucy Bell. It’s about Lucy, finally discovering the truth about what happened to her mother and her father. It highlights after the end of the war, the terrible suffering of those involved in body identification, and search and rescue. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, I really enjoyed reading about the acts preformed on the Victory, breathing fire, the acrobatics and the camaraderie between everyone on the boat, and five stars from me. I shared my review on Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Australian Amazon and my Facebook page Karren Reads Historical Fiction.

A catchy title and an attractive cover brought this book to my attention. I do not usually choose my books by their covers but in this case it certainly contributed.

Luckily the contents were as good as the wrapping. The story begins during WW2 and follows the experiences of a young woman called Evelyn whose role in the war effort was to operate the flash lights which were used to illuminate planes flying over England. When the war finishes she is unable to settle back to normal life and she joins the Victory, an entertainment ship, operating the lights. Good and bad things happen of course and in the final section of the book the author leans heavily towards the emotional. Keep the tissues handy!

I especially enjoyed the part of the book set during the war and the way the author imparted so much factual information in a natural way. She had certainly done her homework. The characters and events stayed true to the period. All in all a very enjoyable and interesting book.

I was a little confused initially trying to remember what period I was reading at the time. I mean, you started in the 50s, went back to the 40s, then jumped around a little (always moving forwards in time) before making a massive jump to the 60s in Part 2.
This jumping around didn’t make sense to me until well into Part 2, roughly ¾ of the way through the book. The first part of the book follows Evenlyn Bell, while the second part followed her daughter. Which explains where there was such a jump in time from the end of Part 1 and the start of Part 2.
Although I found that Part 2 was very anti-climatic and let the book down compared to Part 1. You must wait until the end of the book to find out why her daughter was raised away from her. What happened and why her father is so odd. None of it made sense and I almost lost interest in the book because of it.
I did push through. And I kind of wish I hadn’t. Although the writing and the story were good the ending just sucked. It could have been so much better but it just…ended! Nothing to it! Just blah.
I still rated it 4 starts because the writing was well done, and the overall story was good. I just didn’t enjoy some of the execution. It wasn’t to my tastes but I can see how some would enjoy it.

★★★★★ 4.5 stars rounded up

An historical fiction novel with a difference, THE DAUGHTER OF VICTORY LIGHTS by Australian author Kerri Turner is not at all the kind of story I was expecting. Taking us on a journey through WW2 and the post war era, we are given a completely different perspective of a very different tale that is both shocking and exciting for its time.

Evelyn Bell spends the war years as a trained searchlight operator of an all-female crew for the Auxilliary Territory Service, where they spot enemy bombers for the gunners to shoot down and help keep London safe or guide British planes home. It is dangerous yet thrilling work but Evelyn thrives on it. She is extremely passionate about her job doing her bit for the war effort, despite her uptight sister's disdain, and often finds herself reading up on the different lights and their varying brightness, fascinated about their workings.

But when the war comes to an end, her celebrations on VE Day are shortlived. What is she to do with the rest of her life after the excitement and fulfillment she found in the Auxilliary Territory Service? Her older sister Cynthia wants her to find a husband and raise a family, as all good respectable women do...but for Evelyn that prospect is both daunting and dull. She longs for escape from her already unfulfulling life.

A chance meeting with a somewhat charming man one day leads her to witness a performance so risque it's like nothing she has ever seen before. It is both shocking and exciting and Evelyn finds herself drawn to the mysterious boat, the Victory, where she is invited on board after giving one of the crew a dressing down on their handling of a spotlight. Her outspoken sassiness as well as her knowledge of lights leads her to join the crew as a light operator.

The Victory is a moving stage for risque performances travelling along the rivers and seas, out of reach of the police who may attempt to shut them down...after all, their performances break most of the censorship rules. But despite this, Evelyn (now Evie) is excited at the chance to work with the spotlights she loves whilst doing something fun and exciting. But when she tells her sisters, she is cut off entirely as being immoral and unrespectable. And so the crew of the Victory become her family.

In 1963, we meet 10 year old Lucy who, feeling unwanted and unloved, is uprooted from her unhappy life in London with her aunt and finds a new home with the former members of the Victory on the Isle of Wight. She feels an instant kinship with Bee who takes her under her wing in a motherly fashion, despite not being able to cook very well, and the kindly Mr Walsh. But she was promised that she was coming to live with her father and she had yet to meet him.

In just a few short short weeks, Lucy could feel the love and warmth she had never felt before. Bee and Humphrey told her tales about her mother and showed her photos which she was enamoured with. Aunt Cynthia never allowed Lucy to speak of "that woman" so hearing about her mother now was refreshing. But there was something Bee and Humphrey were keeping from her. Neither would tell her what happened to her mother. She knew this house held many secrets, but no one would tell her anything. Would she ever find out who her parents really were?

Told in two parts, THE DAUGHTER OF VICTORY LIGHTS is an intriguing historical tale that is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. There is tragedy, mystery and complicated relationships aboard the Victory as well as off as we journey with the cast and crew of this fascinating old tramp steamer.

Evie is a complex character and yet she has a simplicity about her. Trying to find her place in the world after the war, she just wants something different. Something useful and yet exciting. She is thoroughly likeable and we find ourselves sympathising with her, both in the face of her sister and the trials that come her way.

Another important character is Flynn. Although the story is primarily Evie's, at first we aren't sure what part American Flynn plays. We are first introduced to him tendering bar in Honolulu in 1941. His life changes in an instant when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour and he signs up to the US army. He is drafted to the Graves regiment, where they have the arduous task of cleaning up the bodies in the wake of battle and identifying their bodies. It is a job no one wants but someone has to do it. Unfortunately, it's one that has lasting effects on Flynn and he is never the same again after the war. He meets Alvin in Plymouth and the two become unlikely friends, crossing colour boundaries that was both unheard of and unacceptable at the time. After the war, Alvin takes Flynn under his wing and they join Humphrey and Bee on the Victory.

And then there is Lucy. An illegitimate child, both unwanted and unloved by her mother's family, who finds love and acceptance where she least expects it, highlighting the fact that one doesn't have to be blood to be family. Her story is a sad one but she brings life and hope as her mother's memory lives continues to live on in her daughter.

THE DAUGHTER OF VICTORY LIGHTS is told in two parts - the first by Evie and Flynn with the second by Lucy and Flynn. It is a tragic and heartfelt story that is entrenched in grief, love and loss but also offers a hopeful ending.

An historical tale with a difference, THE DAUGHTER OF VICTORY LIGHTS is more than a wartime story, highlighting post war dramas such as PTSD, unemployment, the rise of feminism and much more. In fact, the war features in just a small part. There are secrets, tragedy and the power of love.

A captivating story from beginning to end, THE DAUGHTER OF VICTORY LIGHTS is unique and original and completely immersive, you won't want it to end.

I would like to thank #KerriTurner, #NetGalley and #HarelquinAustralia for an ARC of #TheDaughterOfVictoryLights in exchange for an honest review.

My Thoughts

‘After a life of doing what was expected of her, leaving to help a group of strangers better their law-breaking performance just so she could do the kind of work she craved again … It was madness. It was also freedom.’

The Daughter of Victory Lights is the second book by Aussie author Kerri Turner that I have read and enjoyed. Once again, Kerri has done her research and details a beautiful merge of fact and fiction from post World War II. There is much to love about this tale from the roles of women and men during and post war to the Victory itself - that unique performing boat.

This book is split into two parts centreing around firstly Evie and then later, her daughter Lucy. I thoroughly enjoyed the first part as you journey with Evie from her role in the first all- female searchlight regiment through to providing the lighting work on the Victory. Then Flynn’s role in the Graves Registration Unit was truly an eye opener - horrific and heartbreaking. I feel Kerri truly captured for both Evie and Flynn the impact these demanding roles played in their lives. Reading about the Victory performances was another definite highlight of this book. Switching to the second part of the story almost twenty years later was a surprise in more ways than one initially. Whilst not as strong as the first part - carried through by the characters of Bee and Humphrey - it is like a completely different tale through the eyes of young Lucy. Worthy but not as compelling in my opinion.

‘Think how much hurt you’re causing other people. And for what?’ ‘For a life.’ Maureen shook her head. ‘You have a life. One everyone else manages to be grateful for. Why can’t you?’

Overall this is a most unique tale of both war and post war experiences for two situations that I had been unfamiliar with. It truly showcases the contributions of women in this fascinating role during war with the expectation to then return to ‘normal’ life; and, this
unit in the army of literally picking up the pieces in the aftermath of war for the men and the shattering long term impact it would have.

There is love and loss, trauma and rescue, tragedy and heartwarming experiences throughout this uniquely compelling tale. I look forward to seeing where Kerri will take her readers next.

‘Here she didn’t have to hide the person she used to be—the person she longed to be again. Here, as Evie, she could be anyone she wanted to.’






This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher and provided through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The quoted material may have changed in the final release.

Complex and thoroughly researched, The Daughter of Victory Lights is like no other book I’ve ever read. This is largely because of the work performed during World War Two by the two key protagonists, Evie and Flynn, though the story of the Victory, fictitious though it is, is also fascinating. I loved the idea of performing a burlesque show on a boat and I loved the story that took place below decks.
Before reading this book I knew nothing about the Auxiliary Territorial Service nor that there was a searchlight regiment established in England and made up entirely of women. I was fascinated to learn about the work they did both to help bring down enemy planes and assist friendly planes back to their airfields and also to spotlight bombed out building sites to assist searchers looking for survivors, bodies and the rest. I can’t begin to imagine how exhilarating and yet also traumatic this work must have been.
No less unpleasant was the work Flynn did through his employment with the Graves Commission. I’ve visited many of the war cemeteries in Europe but prior to this book had never considered the necessary and yet dreadful work involved to locate and identify the dead.
With this background it was obvious pretty early on that these two were going to have an unusual relationship, scarred by their life experiences. Evie and Flynn are exceptionally well rounded characters, as are Bee and Humphrey, each of whom have roles to play in this intriguing story.
The plot is complex and well structured and the more you read the more you are drawn into this extraordinary story. It’s worth reading for its historical content alone, but read on because the human story is equally intriguing.

Look at the gorgeous cover 😍 and I've always been a sucker for a WWII story plus it is written by an Australian woman writer... Sold! And it was sooo worth it!

<i>"That's the one thing about humanity you can always rely on: we'll forever judge the secrets and faults of others while desperately trying to make sure our own stay hidden."</i>

The Daughter of Victory Lights opens with the one tragic incident that leaves a lifetime worth of scars on many.  Then, we are taken back in time... to the past decade and the events that lead up to this moment in time. This is Evelyn's story. Evelyn who was courageous in serving her country in time of war. Evelyn who, being intelligent and free-spirited, was unable to settle for a life that is dependent on men. Evelyn who, in desperation, grasped at the only chance to work with what she loves and independence.

<i>"Ignore the stiff upper lip; do not keep calm and carry on. Dig your fingers into your fears and face them head-on. For that is the only way to become free of them."</i>

Then comes Part 2... Lucy's story. As soon as I started Part 2, I just knew what happened and my heart broke. I didn't have the details but I knew a lot more than Lucy! I think Lucy might be around 10 or 11 and has always felt unwanted and unloved. As she discovers who she really is, we are provided with the details of that incident from the beginning of the book and its aftermath. And oh DID I CRY! 

<i>"our biggest trials can also lead to our biggest triumphs"</i>

This novel is entrenched in grief and fear for many different things. Yet, it is an encouragement to all who are suffering to seek help. I may have cried but I feel light as air following the hopeful ending of this novel. The Daughter of Victory Lights features all the glamour life can offer yet gives glimpses of its darkest pits but most of all, there is light outside to guide you through. An enchanting novel full of beautiful characters set in a fascinating time, you'll be captivated.

<i>Thanks to Harlequin Australia via Netgalley for ecopy of book in exchange of honest review</i>

In depth ★★★★

The Daughter of Victory Lights is a wonderfully feminist exploration of life after the Second World War, and the path independent women blazed. With a plot that cracks along, combined with excellent character development and emotional richness, this is the perfect novel to pull you out of a reading slump. It also includes Turner's trademark link to the theatrical, which will always be a winner for me. Readers should note triggers, including reasonably graphic descriptions of bodies on battlefields, deaths in bombings, descriptions of PTSD and severe burns.

My plot summary here will need to leave reasonably large gaps to avoid spoilers - you'll have to read it for yourself to see what I mean! From the outset, Turner plunges us into three fascinating worlds - first, Evelyn's war in London, where she was a member of a Searchlight Brigade, charged with shining powerful spotlights on aircraft to either guide friendlies home or help target enemy aircraft. Second is Flynn's war in Europe, and the deeply traumatic experience he had in Graves Registration, identifying bodies in the aftermath of battle. And third, where our two protagonists meet, is the world of the Victory, a theatre ship housing a travelling adult variety show. This is where most of the action takes place, at least until the story shifts into the future, leaving us to unravel the truth of what ultimately happened on the Victory.

It's such an easy story to fall into, and I found myself instantly absorbed in the action. But it's not all about plot - Turner takes time to develop her characters, and show us the little things that build them into real people. She also doesn't shy away from the brutality of war, but portrays these incidents with great respect, showing the moral complexities servicepeople faced and their difficulties reintegrating post-war.

Evelyn is a wonderfully strong character, and her fortitude is depicted as simply part of her nature. She is tested, especially by those she loves most, and watching her become her true self made for a great read. Flynn isn't a typical hero or love interest - I thought I could see where the story was going, but was delighted to be surprised when Turner took things in a completely different direction. His character has a long arc that is deeply rewarding to watch.

I am a huge theatre fan, and so adore the way Turner brings both a theatrical setting and sensibility to her work. I particularly grew to love the crew of the Victory, who we get to know much better as the story progresses - Alvin and Bee and Humphrey. All are glorious with their own full lives. I actually want to be their friend.

As in her debut, Turner plucks all the right heartstrings - there's beauty and tragedy and redemption - to pack an emotional punch. I wept and wept - but the best sort of book-induced cry.

Recommended if you liked: The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant

I received an advanced copy of The Daughter of Victory Lights from Harlequin Australia via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

After spending the war years as a searchlight operator in an all-female crew, Evelyn Bell finds the post war years dull. Her sisters want her to find a husband and be a perfect wife, but to Evelyn being cooped up in an unfulfilling life is just not for her, and she longs for escape. Enter the Victory, a boat that offers risque shows to any who want to come and watch. Evelyn soon becomes part of the rag tag crew, and adventure awaits.

Years later an unwanted and unloved young girl is taken from her dreary life in London and finds a new home amongst former members of the Victory crew on the Isle Of Wight. She finally finds the love that has been denied her for years, but also gets the feeling that there are secrets that her new found family aren't telling her.

Another winner from Kerri Turner, with wonderful characters and a great sense of time and place. I was soon sucked in by the drama and escapism of the Victory, and it kept me turning the pages long into the night to find out what had happened. The angst felt by a young girl is particularly vivid and heart wrenching. I have no hesitation in recommending this book to all lovers of historical fiction.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Evelyn Bell was part of the all-female searchlight regiment – the Auxiliary Territorial Service - where they spotted the enemy bombers, allowing the British planes to take them out; keeping their fellow Londoners as safe as they could. Evelyn was passionate about her job; fascinated in the different and varying brightnesses of the searchlights she controlled and after four years, in 1945, was exhilarated along with the rest of London at the ending of war, but also slightly sad to be going back to the mundane of her life. Evelyn also felt guilty that she felt this way – her life with her sister in the home she’d grown up in wasn’t what she wanted for her future.

It was when Evelyn came across an old tramp steamer in the Thames called "The Victory" and was introduced to the performances she put on each night that her life changed. Joining the crew, making new friends, and working with her beloved lights again meant much to Evelyn as they travelled up and down the coast, performing the sorts of acts she had never envisioned before. Evelyn was happy…

In 1963 ten-year-old Lucy felt desperately unloved and unhappy, but that was to change when she was removed from that household and taken to the Isle of Wright where she lived with Bee and Humphrey. Lucy was tentative, scared she’d be sent back, but the love and warmth she was shown gave her a glow she hadn’t felt before. She knew there were secrets in the house, but no one would tell her anything. Would she ever find out who her parents were? Why they were no longer with her?

The Daughter of Victory Lights by Aussie author Kerri Turner was a sensational read, with a gorgeous cover. I loved her previous book, The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers (her debut) and this one didn’t disappoint. Based on fact, which is an interesting read in itself, the strength of character that Evelyn portrays is outstanding. Kerri Turner is an author to watch and I’m keen to see what she writes next. Highly recommended.

With thanks to HQ – Harlequin AU – for my uncorrected proof ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.

This was a sensational and heartbreaking novel about war, love, loss, trauma and forgiveness, and the lengths people go to leave their old lives behind, to pursue new ones, for better or for worse... In World War Two, Londoner Evelyn "Evie" Bell wants to do something exciting with her life and help the British war effort, and with much effort, gets accepted into the 93rd Searchlight Regiment, which was a real-life all-female British air defence unit during World War II, formed in October 1942 and disbanded in July 1945. A secret trial called the Newark Experiment, was performed to see if women would be able to physically and mentally carry out the duties required in searchlight regiments. I loved learning about the importance of the searchlight regiment, and the fact that these brave, heroic women proved their male counterparts wrong, and executed their tasks extremely well, despite pervasive sexism. Searchlights were of great importance in the Second World War as they were needed to illuminate the German Bombers flying over Britain, so that the men operating the anti-aircraft guns could shoot them down before they had a chance to drop any bombs on the British towns and cities. The women had to distinguish between enemy and friendly planes. The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Anti-Aircraft Command 1939-1945, General Sir Frederick Pile, supported the employment of women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) to these operational roles. Fifty-four members of the ATS were sent for training at Rhyl to see if they could cope with working in isolated places and if they would have the strength and the ability to operate the searchlights. The experiment proved successful and General Pile later wrote that: "They showed themselves more effective, more horror inspiring and more blood-thirsty with their pick-helves than many a male sentry with his gun, as several luckless gentlemen found to their cost". General Pile was also to write later, "The girls lived like men, fought their lights like men and, alas, some of them died like men". The novel consistently and accurately highlighted the effects of The Blitz on London, which left behind immense tragedy, and the constant threat of being in danger, even whilst doing normal activities such as having tea, and suddenly an air raid sounding and seeking shelter in an Anderson one at home or at London's Tube stations. Evelyn performs her tasks well and enjoys the purpose and independence it gives her, but then the war ends. Even though Evelyn is ecstatic that the war is finally over after so many years of hoping, she can't help but feel dismayed that she'll have to go back to society's expectations of her, which is to be a wife and a mother, and stick to keeping house and doing chores and errands. Many women were expected to go back to their pre-war existences, to make room for the returning veterans. Evelyn yearns for more excitement and opportunity in her life, as she wants to put her wartime skills to use, but her older and younger sisters, Cynthia and Maureen, attempt to thwart her plans for happiness, as they believe a woman's place is in the home. Cynthia is especially straightlaced, as she is a gossip who cares a lot about societal appearances and her behaviour borders on bitchy, and Evelyn's relationship with her is soured. Evelyn had always been the family black sheep.

Then there's Flynn, who starts out working as a bartender at the famous and longstanding Smith's Union Bar in Honolulu, Hawaii, serving drinks to all the handsome American sailors, until Pearl Harbor hits all too close to home. He enlists in the U.S. Army's Quartermaster Corps and is assigned to the Graves War Registration Service, where he has to retrieve, identify, transport and bury deceased American and American-allied military personnel, a real life service. It was a job nobody wanted to do, as you had to sort through the items the soldier left behind i.e. photographs, trinkets, personal letters, dog tags etc. and ship the news home back to their grieving families for some sort of closure. The men who served in these roles experienced a lot of PTSD, as they had to constantly work with a lot of death around them. However, in the Post World War Two era, there wasn't a lot of help available for these men, everyone was just expected to carry on as if nothing had happened. The novel also accurately highlighted the racism against African American servicemen as the U.S. military was segregated, many white servicemen were itching to pick a fight with them, but the English locals offered mateship and kindness to the African American servicemen because they had better manners, and didn't show off their money.

Then one fateful day, Evelyn attends a performance, a secret night-time show, hidden from the law on a boat in the middle of the Thames river. She is intrigued by the risque and lively performances of the crew, and so when an unexpected opportunity comes for her to put her skills to use, Evelyn grabs at the chance to escape her dreary life. As the Victory boat travels from port to port to much critical acclaim, the shows get bigger and bigger, but so too the dangerous risks the boat crew takes to deliver crowd pleasing show stoppers, and the increasing emotional complications amongst the crew, all culminate into a fateful and unforgettable tragedy on one desperate night.

Then in 1963: a 10 year old young girl named Lucy, is left feeling unloved and unwanted by her step family, she knows nothing about her biological parents as talk of them is forbidden, especially about her mother, Evie. One day, she is rescued by a mysterious stranger who says he knows her mother. On the Isle of Wight, Lucy is warmly welcomed into an eclectic family of ex- Victory boat performers. She is showered with kindness and love, but gradually it becomes clear that they all have multitude of secrets behind them. Will Lucy ever find out what became of her mother, Evelyn Bell? I wholeheartedly adored this real gem of a novel. I learned many lessons from it-especiallu about love and sacrifice and trauma. What makes a place truly a home, is having people who really love and appreciate you, people who make you happy in a simple, but profound way. They just accept you as you are, they look beyond the superficiality.

Just when you think everything has already been written about World War 2, someone comes along and finds something new! I really enjoyed learning about the all-female searchlight regiments that protected Londoners from German bombers.

I loved the character of Evelyn and absolutely empathised with her determination not to be trapped in drab domesticity for the rest of her life.

The Daughter of Victory Lights Kerri Turner

What a read! I could not put this book down. I really look forward to Kerri Turner’s books and this did not disappoint.

Evelyn Bell is no ordinary young lady and when London enters the war she is keen to do something for the war effort. Despite protests from her sister Evelyn ‘enlists’ and becomes part of the ‘Newark Experiment’ - an all woman regiment operating and maintaining searchlights in protecting London from German bombers.
Evelyn feels alive but becomes lost when the war ends. She can’t stand the thought that the remainder of her life will be spent cleaning, cooking, looking after her nephew and living with her conservative straight laced sister. A chance encounter sees Evelyn run into an American ex service man called Alvin who is a fire eating street performer. Alvin invites Evelyn to watch ‘The Victory’ a risqué show performed from a boat on the water. Evelyn can see that she could be part of this unconventional family that lives on The Victory. She sees potential in using her skills from the war in lighting the shows and assisting Alvin’s mate Flynn. Evelyn becomes Evie and a new life begins for her.

There are too many spoilers if I tell you anymore about Evie’s life so you’ll have to read the book but be prepared to laugh, cry and love Evie’s strength and independence.

There is romance and love, triumph and tragedy and there is a cast of truly wonderful characters to bond with. The book is written in two parts which explores and entwines the characters into a beautifully written story.

Thank you to @Netgalley and @HarlequinAus for the opportunity to read and review this inspiring title.