Besides the tragedies, which in view of the page count do happen quite often (besides the fatalities of war), Young presents a great little study of home life. You’ll take away a few things you’ve learned but it never feels as though you’re being told too much. Looking at World War Two from the point of view of a female member of the military, Young’s research is evident and there’s much here that isn’t often discussed in fiction at the moment. Deciding to join the Women’s Royal Naval Service, life in London results in new friends and new tragedies, but also the potential for marriage – it’s just that May can’t quite see herself married to John while thoughts of Christopher linger in the background. May lives in the Cotswolds with her family, but one day Sophie leaves and life changes May can’t shake the feeling that the boy she likes, Christopher, is the reason for Sophie’s disappearance.
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