London Restoration by Rachel McMillan

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 #London Restoration# is a historical fiction novel by Rachel McMillan.  This book takes place  during post  World War II in  1945 in London..  Diana Somerville is the main character. She is an architectural historian .  She is also  a codebreaker at Bletchley Park .  She  has  studied  and enjoyed the churches in London for  years.  After all the  bombing  and turmoil of World War II ,  the churches have a lot of  damage.   She is heart broken to  see the damage and hopes to get the churches  restored.  After the war there is  so much change and  it is hard to  get everything back to where it was before.   The themes in the story  are:  lying,  treason,  honesty vs dishonesty,  secrets, post traumatic stress,, change in the world and in the characters, romance..    This book is well written.   .  This book gives the reader insight into  what life was like after World  War II. This book was given to me    by  the publisher, author and netgalley for review purposes only. The opinions are my own.  Thank you to the publisher, netgalley, author for allowing me to read and review this book. 

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