This debut novel from Alfred Nicols takes you from the battlefields of Europe during WWI to postwar Mississippi and into WWII and begs one question. A heart-wrenching story of two lovers, torn apart by war, and their boundless journey back to one another.
And then, suddenly, all hope is gone.įor the next 27 years, Peter stoically meets many challenges in his life, finding a way to make a living during the Depression and being a devoted father to his son, born 11 months after marriage to a woman he does not love. Despite his every effort, desperate and in great distress, he is unable to reconnect with her. Separated and shipped home, Peter tries desperately to reconnect with Elizabeth, but the war and the Spanish flu epidemic have the world in turmoil. Upon his release, they engage in an intense love affair, forever changing both of their lives.
He’s transported to a British hospital, where he falls hard for Elizabeth, a young English nurse, and she for him. In 1918, in a dramatic battlefield scene on the Western Front, young American soldier Peter Montgomery sustains a severe wound. For fans of Nicholas Sparks, Amor Towles, and Kate Quinn, comes a tale that asks one important question Can love prevail from the battlefields of WW1 Europe, to postwar Mississippi and into WWII?
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