Miriam’s Family Blitz

By: Molly Cutpurse

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Fifteen days that changed everything.

On 7 September 1940, the Blitz began in earnest. Nazi bombers took to the skies night after night, targeting London’s civilian heart—particularly the densely packed streets of the East End. For Miriam Barker and her family, still reeling from past losses and her recent return from Holloway prison, the war has suddenly arrived at their doorstep.

Miriam’s Family Blitz zooms in on the first harrowing fifteen days of that relentless bombardment. Told through intimate, domestic detail and grounded in historical accuracy, it captures the shifting moods of a family forced to confront destruction, fear, and the constant threat of death while trying to maintain ordinary life amid extraordinary circumstances.

As blackout regulations darken the city, food grows scarce, and sirens sound almost hourly, Miriam’s resilience is once again tested. With her characteristic strength and love, she tries to hold together a household gripped by trauma—reminding us that heroism often begins at home.

A companion to Miriam’s War, this standalone volume gives unique depth to a family’s wartime experience, seen through the eyes of one of fiction’s most quietly remarkable women.