Nineteen Steps
by Millie Bobby Brown
Descriptions
Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN's debut novel, Nineteen
Steps, is a moving tale of love, longing, and loss, inspired by the true events of her family's
experience during World War II.Love blooms in the darkest days?It?s 1942, and London
remains under constant threat of enemy attack as the second world war rages on. In the
Bethnal Green neighborhood, Nellie Morris counts every day lucky that she emerges from
the underground shelters unharmed, her loving family still surrounding her.Three years into
the war, she?s grateful to hold onto remnants of normalcy?her job as assisting the mayor and
nights spent at the local pub with her best friend. But after a chance encounter with Ray, an
American airman stationed nearby, Nellie becomes enchanted with the idea of a broader
world.Just when Nellie begins to embrace an exciting new life with Ray, a terrible incident
occurs during an air raid one evening, and the consequences are catastrophic. As the truth
about that night