Summary

During World War II Mary Denyer and her 11-year old son, John, lived in a small, thatched cottage in Freewood, Suffolk.

During World War II Mary Denyer and her 11-year old son, John, lived in a small, thatched cottage in Freewood, Suffolk. While the war carried on around them, they immersed themselves in the wildlife of the wood and their cottage became the home to a succession of wounded or orphaned animals.