Grace Thompson has chosen an unusual subject for her latest novel. It is one which has echoes for me. All those of us who served in the last war are extremely grateful for the ladies of the NAAFI. Many a cup of tea tasted all that much sweeter when it was served with a pretty smile – then there weren’t a lot of those in the desert.
The story of three friends, Kate, Rosie and Ethel, it follows their adventures on the home front, in the desert and Italy. Romances, broken promises, the wretchedness of living not knowing whether you’d be alive tomorrow, and snatched moments of warmth during a war that seemed to go on for ever. It’s a rattling good story of love and tragedy – I enjoyed it and I’m sure you will too.
Sir Harry Secombe