Moore Bessie
Moore Bessie - My Dear Bessie A Love Story In Letters - Paperback
Moore Bessie - My Dear Bessie A Love Story In Letters - Paperback
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Description: AS Heard ON Radio 4 Utterly wonderful NIN a Stibbe author of Love Nina Twenty hours have gone since I last wrote. I have been thinking of you. I shall think of you until I post this and until you get it. Can you feel as you read these words that I am thinking of you now; aglow alive alert at the thought that you are in the same world and by some strange chance loving me. In September 1943, Chris Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa when he decided to brighten the long days of war by writing to old friends. One of these was Bessie Moore a former work colleague. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Crossing continents and years their funny affectionate and intensely personal letters are a remarkable portrait of a love played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. Above all their story is a stirring example of the power of letters to transform ordinary lives.
Title: My Dear Bessie A Love Story In Letters
Author(s): Moore Bessie, Simon Garfield
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781782115670
Pages: 384 Pages, With B&W Integrated Illustrations
Publication Date: 2/5/2015
Category: Second World War
Description: AS Heard ON Radio 4 Utterly wonderful NIN a Stibbe author of Love Nina Twenty hours have gone since I last wrote. I have been thinking of you. I shall think of you until I post this and until you get it. Can you feel as you read these words that I am thinking of you now; aglow alive alert at the thought that you are in the same world and by some strange chance loving me. In September 1943, Chris Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa when he decided to brighten the long days of war by writing to old friends. One of these was Bessie Moore a former work colleague. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Crossing continents and years their funny affectionate and intensely personal letters are a remarkable portrait of a love played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. Above all their story is a stirring example of the power of letters to transform ordinary lives.
Title: My Dear Bessie A Love Story In Letters
Author(s): Moore Bessie, Simon Garfield
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781782115670
Pages: 384 Pages, With B&W Integrated Illustrations
Publication Date: 2/5/2015
Category: Second World War
