How I Long to be with You: War Letters Home - Hardcover

Hill, Bryony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909984892 ISBN 13: 9781909984899

Publisher: Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Some years ago, Bryony Hill (wife of football legend Jimmy Hill) was given a bundle of letters by her mother. It was correspondence from her grandfather Smithy Shaw to her grandmother Esme. Serving in the Royal Indian Army Service, Smithy was separated from his beloved family as Esme moved with her children to New Zealand to escape the volatile situation in India; the family was never to be reunited. Shortly afterwards, clearing out the family home, Bryony came across letters from her father's side of the family, sent from her uncle Paul (a pilot in the Second World War who was tragically shot down aged only twenty), her grandparents Wilbur and Jelly and her father Trevor, who served in the Navy. In How I Long To Be With You, the letters describe the pain and frustration of these enforced separations, but also display incredible humour and bravery. The 'stiff upper lip' is strongly in evidence, although the correspondents were living through the darkest of times and facing an uncertain future.

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About the Author

Bryony Hill is married to football legend Jimmy Hill. She lived in France and London before settling in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. Bryony has published three books with Book Guild: A Compost Kind of Girl (ISBN 9781846241048), about the development of her garden; the cookbook Angel in an Apron (ISBN 9781846244629); and Penalty Chick (ISBN 1857767616), a novel about being a footballer's wife.

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Guild Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909984892
• ISBN 13: 9781909984899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300