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I am scared, that once this war is over, and I am sent home, that you won''t be here. That you will have left.

Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last. It''s 1942 and, in a hotel room in Bath, they dream of their future while preparing for Leonard''s departure to the war. But the bombs begin to fall and their world will never be the same again. In the year 2002, the couple look back at what might have been.

Examining the impact of the Second World War on two ordinary lives and a love that spans more than sixty years.

One Day When We Were Young

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      Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/14/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780573116629, 978-0573116629
      ISBN10: 0573116628
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      I am scared, that once this war is over, and I am sent home, that you won''t be here. That you will have left.

      Leonard and Violet, young, restless and in love, spend their first night together knowing it may also be their last. It''s 1942 and, in a hotel room in Bath, they dream of their future while preparing for Leonard''s departure to the war. But the bombs begin to fall and their world will never be the same again. In the year 2002, the couple look back at what might have been.

      Examining the impact of the Second World War on two ordinary lives and a love that spans more than sixty years.

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