WINNER OF THE 2018 ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE - WINNER OF
THE 2019 CITY OF VICTORIA BUTLER BOOK PRIZE - A 2018 KIRKUS BEST
BOOK OF THE YEAR - A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2018 - A TORONTO
STAR TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR - A WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FAVOURITE
BOOK OF THE YEAR - A QUILL & QUIRE BEST BOOK OF 2018 Inspired
by the author's family history, this forthright love story
unflinchingly portrays the trials and tensions of a lifelong
marriage. Born between the wars on a working-class street in
London, Harry Miles wins a scholarship to an exclusive school and
with it a chance to escape his station. Instead he falls in love
with poetry, and though his teachers encourage him to attend
university, he's tired of scholarship's dull routines. He takes an
entry-level job and spends his free time among the poetry volumes
at Battersea Public Library One afternoon on his way up the stairs,
Harry encounters the enigmatic Evelyn Hill. The daughter of an
alcoholic layabout, the young woman chafes against the idea of
marriage--but during a summer spent wandering the commons and
taking in plays with Harry, their relationship begins to bloom in
the shadow of the Second World War. Before they know it, Harry is
headed into battle and the couple faces the first of many
challenges in what will become a lifetime spent together. Drawing
on original wartime letters written by the author's father, Dear
Evelyn reckons with the shifting tides of marriage, exploring how
two people shape one another over the course of a lifetime. This
compelling account that will leave its mark on any reader who has
ever loved.
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