Dear Heart by Jenny Davis
In 1988 Jenny Davis stumbled upon dozens of letters her aunt, Wynne, had written to her young soldier husband Mickey during World War II. Many of the letters remained unopened, still bearing the mark of their tragedy, a war office stamp, "No Trace". This book is the story of an exceptional love as told by those letters written over a four year period from 1941 - first daily, then weekly. Wynne received only two replies and yet she poured out her hopes and reassurances and titbits of news from the home front. In 1945, at the end of the war, Wynne received both the unopened letters, and the news that Mickey had died in 1943 in Malaya, in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Jenny Davis is Wynne's niece and a playwright. Dear Heart has been staged as a play in both the UK and Australia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781864484748 |
| ISBN 10 | 1864484748 |
| Title | Dear Heart |
| Author | Jenny Davis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Year published | 1998-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Romantic Book of the Year Award 1999 (Australia) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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