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The Fonder Heart
Posted by: Bethany Askew
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Active Srvice Overseas, family history, letters, Second World War, social history, true story
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August 4, 2013 |
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The Fonder Heart
My parents-in-law kept every letter they ever wrote to each other. The first in 1932, the innocent flirtatious letter from an eighteen year old girl to a seventeen year old boy, the last in 1946 from an army officer to the wife he had been separated from for five years. Importantly for us, left with these letters, is the period of time they cover, a time of change and upheaval not only in their lives but in the world at large. These letters give us a unique insight into life in England before and during the Second World War and on Active Service overseas The...Read More
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Bethany Askew is the author of eight novels:
The Time Before, The World Within, Out of Step, Counting the Days, Poppy’s Seed, Three Extraordinary Years,The Two Saras and I know you, Don’t I?
She has also written a short story, The Night of the Storm, and she writes poetry.
Two more women’s fiction books have been accepted for publication in 2020 and 2021 respectively and she is currently working on a new novel.
In her spare time she enjoys reading, music, theatre, walking, Pilates, dancing and voluntary work.
Bethany is married and lives in Somerset.
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