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Stephanie Sandford, recently widowed, must tell her family the truth - but the past is indistinct and it's complicated. First, there was her mum, who developed an anxious streak after marrying the wrong Reg. Then there was the young man from the dairy who taught Stevie to swim and broke her heart. War came, and four years spent chopping root vegetables in the canteen of the Sun Pat peanut factory on the Old Kent Road, followed by wet London nights, with the Doodle Bugs slipping through the sky like huge silvery fish. It's not until Stevie's under an umbrella with Jonathan that Stevie finally starts to sense safety.Meanwhile, Michael Royston's memories are squashed into a shoebox (along with Queen Matilda's Dicken Medal for bravery) ready for his move into hospital. Years ago, he trained military carrier pigeons for the Royal Corps of Signals in Cairo yet his own homecoming has taken a lifetime. Michael has never been good at putting things into words; he's more comfortable with the click of Morse code. But Anna, a young healthcare assistant, has the patience - and rare tenderness - to eke out his story. And so he begins. Stories have the power to change things, and this one will alter Stevie's past and transform Anna's future...

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'a work of a singularly outlandish and compassionate imagination....has one shouting its praises to anybody who is within earshot' -- New Statesman, Christopher Hawtree

`a deeply affecting story ... vividly recreating Blitz-torn London and the Africa of the same period.' -- Saturday Guardian, Catherine Taylor

'...spirited prose that captures the mood of doodlebug London, this is a total joy of a debut novel' -- Good Housekeeping, Kerry Fowler

'The best things in life this month ... this heartfelt debut novel offers a witty twist on a WWII romance'
-- Red

`Rooney thinly veils the drudgery permeating their lives with a tender and constantly shimmering humour' -- The Big Issue, Daisy Greenwell

`Rooney's language is as intimate as her story...a fine first novel' -- Metro, Ben East

`Rooney, who's only 27, is fresh, funny and wise, balancing the emotional turmoil with a vivid turn of phrase' -- Marie-Claire,Eithne Farry

`This is an elegant, funny and moving first novel... a wonderful, memorable musing on life, fate and love' -- Sunday Express, Viv Groskop

`moving debut'
-- Literary Review

not just a tender story of love and war, but an acutely observed novel of endearing characters
-- Saga Magazine
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Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, Jennie Rooney's heart-wrenching debut novel is a story to relish, and a book you'll want to recommend with passion to everyone you know.

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  • PublisherChatto & Windus
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 0701182733
  • ISBN 13 9780701182731
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