描述
When Susan, Jimmy and Billy Bairstow are found alive in the rubble of their home, they are nicknamed 'the miracle children'. But they don't feel lucky - they've lost their parents and Aunt Dorothy is a poor substitute for mam and dad. She cannot cope with all three children and Billy is sent to an orphanage. When she tells them that Billy has died, Jimmy and Susan decide to run away. They meet Freddie, and Susan feels the first stirrings of love, but Freddie is off to war and Susan realises that any home is better than none. She and Jimmy must return to their aunt's house...