When’s Mummy Coming? by Rachel Wesson is a book that will bring you to tears. It is the story of children who are using the Kindertransport to escape the Nazis. Two families decide to send their children to England to hopefully be safe from the fighting.
This story is about these children and how they are accepted (or not) into English families to ride out the war. Whether or not they will ever see their parents again is unsure. It is hard to imagine little children going to a new country without their families, and who do not speak English. Some of those accepting children often want older boys to do work on the farms, which is unconscionable. Some children are accepted by the elite because it is the “right” thing to do, although the children are really not wanted. And then there are those who take children for the very right reasons, to keep them safe, to provide a home, and hopefully love them so that they can grow safely and freely until the war is over.
I loved the author’s characterizations of the different people and how they react to the notion of taking in children not their own. It was so touching to see that as the children stayed longer, the more they became part of the family and loved. It was also heartbreaking to know that some of these children would never see their loved ones again as they perished during the war. I would heartily recommend this book. I received this copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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