Following her husband's death, Minna runs a small boarding house in Torquay and brings up her son, Tim. Tim becomes a journalist for the local paper, struggling to get by-lines and hoping to make it to a national some day. However, the outbreak of The Great War disrupts his life. Tim resists volunteering for the sake of his mother who can't bear to see her only son go to war, but eventually his guilt at not helping his country makes him sign up for the Royal Flying Corps. For two years he escapes death and injury but finally has a breakdown and is sent home. Elyse Davenport, an actress just passed her prime, introduces him to the joys of lovemaking, but his true love is Katherine whose mother pressurises her to marry the wealthy and eminently suitable Miles. Following his death in action, Katherine becomes a VAD in France, but Tim and Katherine don't meet up again until peace is declared...
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Emma Blair
EAN: 9780316648219
COUNTRY: United States
PAGES: 384
WEIGHT: 1 g
HEIGHT: 243 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown & Company
DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-02-01
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GENRE: FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War I, FICTION / War & Military
WIDTH: 162 mm
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Book Themes:
First World War fiction
Emma Blair was born in Glasgow and now lives in Devon. She is the author of twenty-one bestselling novels including SCARLET RIBBONS and FLOWER OF SCOTLAND, both of which were shortlisted for Romantic Novelist of the Year.