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My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You Book
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Foyles
A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. ‘Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls’ One Day’ The TimesWhile Riley Purefoy and Peter Locke fight for their country, their survival and their sanity in the trenches of Flanders, Nadine Waveney, Julia Locke and Rose Locke do what they can at home. Beautiful, obsessive Julia and gentle, eccentric Peter are married: each day Julia goes through rituals to prepare for her beloved husband’s return. Nadine and Riley, only eighteen when the war starts, and with problems of their own already, want above all to make promises - but how can they when the future is not in their hands? And Rose? Well, what did happen to the traditionally brought-up women who lost all hope of marriage, because all the young men were dead?Moving between Ypres, London and Paris, My Dear I Wanted to Tell You is a deeply affecting, moving and brilliant novel of love and war, and how they affect those left behind as well as those who fight.
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Play
Set on the Western Front in London and in Paris MY DEAR I WANTED TO TELL YOU is a moving and brilliant novel of love class and sex in wartime and how war affects those left behind as well as those who fight. While Riley Purefoy and Peter Locke fight for their country their survival and their sanity in the trenches of Flanders Nadine Waveney Julia Locke and Rose Locke do what they can at home. Beautiful obsessive Julia and gentle eccentric Peter are married: each day Julia goes through rituals to prepare for her beloved husband's return. Nadine and Riley only eighteen when the war starts and with problems of their own already want above all to make promises - but how can they when the future is not in their hands? And Rose? Well what did happen to the traditionally brought-up women who lost all hope of marriage because all the young men were dead?
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TheBookPeople
Set on the Western Front, in London and in Paris, MY DEAR I WANTED TO TELL YOU is a moving and brilliant novel of love, class and sex in wartime, and how war affects those left behind as well as those who fight. While Riley Purefoy and Peter Locke fight for their country, their survival and their sanity in the trenches of Flanders, Nadine Waveney, Julia Locke and Rose Locke do what they can at home. Beautiful, obsessive Julia and gentle, eccentric Peter are married: each day Julia goes through rituals to prepare for her beloved husband's return. Nadine and Riley, only eighteen when the war starts, and with problems of their own already, want above all to make promises - but how can they when the future is not in their hands? And Rose? Well, what did happen to the traditionally brought-up women who lost all hope of marriage, because all the young men were dead?
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BookDepository
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780007361441 : : 05 Jan 2012 : A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. 'Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls' One Day' The Times
- 0007361440
- 9780007361441
- Louisa Young
- 5 January 2012
- Harper
- Paperback (Book)
- 336
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