My Dear Bessie: A Love Story in Letters

di Chris Barker (Autore)

Bessie Moore (Autore)

Simon Garfield (Curatore)

Canongate Books, 2015

AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 'Utterly wonderful' NINA 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.

• Autore: Chris Barker, Bessie Moore
• Curatore: Simon Garfield
• Editore: Canongate Books
• Anno: 2015
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 384 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 130 mm
• Peso: 275 gr.
• EAN: 9781782115670

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