by Louisa Young (Author)
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?
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 17 Mar 2011
ISBN 10: 0007361432
ISBN 13: 9780007361434
Prizes: Winner of Galaxy National Book Awards: audible.co.uk Audiobook of the Year 2011. Shortlisted for Costa Novel Award 2011.