Books
by Louisa Young
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My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You |
I was prejudiced against this book - not another WW I novel, and with a title like this! - but was gradually won over. The core of the story: to defend himself from her disgust and pity, wounded Riley lies twice-over to the love of his life to keep her away. Young is perceptive about both physical and psychological war damage - not just Riley's - and fascinating about the facial reconstruction surgery of the times. I ended up moved.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 71 Winter 2014) |
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