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Love in the Blitz
- A Woman in a World Turned Upside Down
- Narrated by: Sian Clifford, Stephanie Racine, Oswyn Murray
- Length: 21 hrs
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Summary
With the intimacy and wit of a Second World War Bridget Jones, Eileen Alexander offers a portal into life during the Blitz.
Eileen Alexander fell in love amidst the falling of bombs, finding a quotation from poetry at every turn. Graduating from Cambridge in 1939, she had just been injured in a car crash (the man she had a soft spot for was driving) and had firm ambitions of studying further, making herself useful and absolutely not getting married.
Her letters offer a love story and a unique snapshot of the home front, as well as resurrecting the voice of a profoundly funny writer.
‘I wonder what anyone would think if they suddenly came across my letters to you & started reading them in chronological order?’ Eileen wrote in 1941. ‘I think they’d say “This girl never lived till she loved” – and it would be true, darling.’
Critic reviews
"Love in the Blitz provides an enchanting insight into a young woman’s life in wartime Britain via letters sent by the 'blue-stocking' Eileen Alexander to friends, family, and most importantly, the love of her life." (Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times best-selling author of the Maisie Dobbs series)
"If you want to discover how to stay close when you’re frightened and cut off from a loved one, Eileen Alexander’s passionate, gossipy, vivacious outpourings show the way. Her letters tell a story of survival itself - and give voice to the urgency to connect in love in spite of every obstacle." (Marina Warne)
"Once in a while, just at the right moment, a truly gorgeous real-life love story appears out of the blue, or in this case out of a chance purchase on eBay. Some of wartime’s funniest, most unexpected and possibly unintentionally sexiest letters. Eileen has an insatiable eye for funny stories amid the strange circumstances of war. There are echoes of intimate, Mitfordian shorthand and a touch of the self-deprecating, self-doubting Bridget Jones about her." (Spectator)
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- Sarah
- 17-06-20
Voice of love
You hear the original voice of a young woman at the outbreak of war, a riveting listen - the vocabulary and reactions come across clearly. Highly recommended
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