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Farthing Michael - Love In War - Paperback
Farthing Michael - Love In War - Paperback
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Description: Love in War is a love story of its time. Joanna and Johnnie were born in South London in the shadow of the Great War and were still growing up when the narrative begins in 1936 during Hitler's rise in Nazi Germany. It ends ten years later in 1946, when Johnnie is demobilised. Despite the committed intensity of the five - year relationship they spent only forty - nine days together. Thus Love in War is more about managing life apart than being together. The story moves between London and Berlin (where Joanna visits in 1938 and her dear schoolfriend Ursula lives out the war) and the horrific theatres of war in North Africa and Southern Italy which have disastrous effects on Johnnie and render him almost unrecognisable on his return to England after the war. As the story closes it is evident that there are no winners just losers. Perhaps it is love that emerges as the only victor. The future is uncertain for all concerned. They have almost nothing to show for the last five years; just time lost. There remains a rather modest ray of hope as Johnnie says at the end but we are alive.
Title: Love In War
Author(s): Farthing Michael
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781911397779
Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Date: 3/28/2024
Category: Historical Fiction
Description: Love in War is a love story of its time. Joanna and Johnnie were born in South London in the shadow of the Great War and were still growing up when the narrative begins in 1936 during Hitler's rise in Nazi Germany. It ends ten years later in 1946, when Johnnie is demobilised. Despite the committed intensity of the five - year relationship they spent only forty - nine days together. Thus Love in War is more about managing life apart than being together. The story moves between London and Berlin (where Joanna visits in 1938 and her dear schoolfriend Ursula lives out the war) and the horrific theatres of war in North Africa and Southern Italy which have disastrous effects on Johnnie and render him almost unrecognisable on his return to England after the war. As the story closes it is evident that there are no winners just losers. Perhaps it is love that emerges as the only victor. The future is uncertain for all concerned. They have almost nothing to show for the last five years; just time lost. There remains a rather modest ray of hope as Johnnie says at the end but we are alive.
Title: Love In War
Author(s): Farthing Michael
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781911397779
Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Date: 3/28/2024
Category: Historical Fiction
