Clouds of Love and War (Paperback)

Occasionally panoramic, more often intimate, in Clouds of Love and War author Rachel Billington balances a detailed and highly researched picture of the life of a Second World War Spitfire pilot with the travails and ambitions of a young woman too often on her own. The result is both a gripping story of war and a sensitive story of love, a love that struggles to survive. Eddie and Eva meet on the eve of the Second World War. Eddie only wants to be a flyer, to find escape in the clouds from his own complicated family. However, the Battle of Britain makes a pilot's life a dangerous way to flee reality. Eva has her own passionate longing: to become a painter. When Eva's Jewish mother disappears to Germany, she is left alone with her elderly father. Both Eddie and Eva come of age at a time that teaches them that happiness is always fleeting, but there are things worth living - or dying - for. Through the connecting stories of these young people and their wider families, and against a background of southern county airfields, London, Oxford, Dorset and France, Rachel Billington brings the world of war time England, now eighty years in the past, back to life.

General

Imprint:	Unicorn Publishing Group
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2020
Authors:	Rachel Billington
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-1-913491-13-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Romance > Historical Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > Second World War fiction Promotions Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	1-913491-13-7
Barcode:	9781913491130

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