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|title=The One I Was
|sort= One I Was
|publisher=Moreton Street Books
|date=April 2014
|website=http://www.elizagraham.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx
|summary=Great fiction: you read once for pleasure and then again for the pleasure of seeing how it was done. Highly recommended.
|cover=1910229016
|aznuk=1910229016
|aznus=1910229016
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In 1939, before the outbreak of the Second World War, a boy arrived at Harwich docks. He was a Kindertransport refugee fleeing the anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany. Benjamin Goldman would change his name to Benny Gault when his idea that the war wouldn't happen and he could go home to Germany came to nothing, but in the meantime he was adopted by Lord and Lady Dorner. Six boys were to live at their country home - Fairfleet - and be educated by a private tutor. On the face of it Benny's luck could not have worked out better, but he was hiding a secret.
The most important aspect of the book for me was the subtle exploration of redemption and the question of whether or not we can reinvent ourselves. The plot has some surprising twists and I found myself thinking more widely than just this particular story and I decided that sometimes the hardest thing is to forgive yourself. I'd like to thank the publisher for sending a copy of the book to the Bookbag.
On the morning that I was asked if I would like a copy of this book to review I'd woken up thinking about Eliza Graham's [[Playing with the With The Moon by Eliza Graham|first book]] and that was published in 2007. That should tell you how good she is.
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