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|title=After the Bombing

|author=Clare Morrall

|publisher=Sceptre

|date=March 2014

|summary=The bombing of Exeter casts a long shadow on the life of Alma Braithwaite, who struggles to come to terms with her loss by clinging onto the remnants of her past.

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On 28th March 1942, the city of Lubeck was attacked by RAF bombers. The medieval buildings were reduced to rubble and hundreds of innocent people lost their lives. In retaliation, Hitler decided to bomb the most beautiful and culturally rich cities of England, using Baedeker’s tourist guide as a reference. The cities he chose were Exeter, Bath, Norwich, York and Canterbury. ''After the Bombing'' follows the story of an Exeter schoolgirl and her friends in the aftermath of the attack.