From the back of the book:
World War II has ended. Silvana and eight-year-old Aurek board the ship that will take them from Poland to England where her husband, Janusz, is waiting. But the war has changed them all.

Silvana and Aurek spent the war hiding in Poland's forests. Wild, almost feral Aurek doesn't know how to sleep in a bed. Janusz is an Englishman now determined to forget Poland and begin a new life as a proper English family.

But for Silvana, who cannot escape the painful memory of a shattering wartime act, forgetting is not a possibility.

Large print. Bought at the Penrith City Library book sale.

Left at the Street Library.

Release #36 for the 2017 April Showers/May Flowers Challenge.