01820cam a2200349 i 4500 345040817 TxAuBib 20180510120000.0 180308s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2018029838 9780525521198 26.95 0525521194 26.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- Warlight [BOOK] / Michael Ondaatje. War light. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. 289 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Decades after World War II, Nathaniel Williams reflects on his experiences in 1945, when his parents left him and his sister in the care of a mysterious neighbor. Just after World War II, Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth and his eccentric crew of friends. These friends are men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem, in some way, determined now to protect and educate Rachel and Nathaniel. Their mother returns after months of silence-- without their father, explaining nothing. A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all that he didn't know and understand in that time. 20180510. Siblings Young adult fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Abandoned children Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Historical fiction.