Many book friends highly recommended secrets of a charmed life but for whatever reason i had not read it until this week it has so many elements i love in historical fiction wwii secrets changed identities or lost identities and wrongs righted these characters and story just pulled me in from page one i kept hoping things would work out. Secrets of a charmed life is a beautiful historical fiction full of joy heartache surprises tension and sadness the author captures wwii in england and the evacuated children well highly recommended if you like to read wwii historical fiction books about sisterly love and how fate can change lives. About secrets of a charmed life the author of a bridge across the ocean and the last year of the war journeys from the present day to world war ii england as two sisters are separated by the chaos of wartime current day oxford england. Susan meissners world war ii novel secrets of a charmed life 2015 centers on the choices two sisters make when they are evacuated from london and sent to live in a small english village receiving a warm response from critics and readers alike the book was nominated for a 2015 goodreads choice award