![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I chose Genoa cake because it's an old-fashioned cake you don't hear about much nowadays, and the inclusion of it in the novel gives it, amongst many other wartime food mentions, that taste of what it must have been like during wartime London. And, as is the case for Stella cooking during the Second World War, where she is trying to stretch the food as far as she can, it is also the lack of food that gives you a real sense of the time period. Iona beautifully weaves in food to evoke the time of the novel. She's compelled to help Dan out, and, in doing so, begins a love story of her own. It is found by Jess who is running away from a troubled relationship and sheltering at the house. He's desperate to find Stella, his true love, and sends a letter to the last address he had for her. ![]() And now, in the present, time is running out for him. Not just because Stella is married, but because Dan is an American B-17 bomber pilot, whose chance of surviving all of his 25 missions is just one in five.īut he does survive. It is romantic, heartbreaking and full of wonderful, well-drawn characters.ĭan and Stella meet during the Second World War and fall desperately in love. The novel is a dual time-frame novel and focuses on the Second World War and the present( ish) day. Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey is, quite simply, gorgeous. This post was originally published at and is now at. ![]()
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