{"product_id":"love-in-the-blitz-hb-uk","title":"Love in the Blitz: The Greatest Lost Love Letters of the Second World War [2020] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Her voice is absolutely, beguilingly conversational ... Intelligent, allusive, iconoclastic, captivatingly intense ... This is the news from the domestic frontline: personal, unique, unexpurgated, without propaganda, as it unfolded and was experienced ... Splendid'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Boyd, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eWith the intimacy and wit of a Second World War Bridget Jones, Eileen Alexander offers a portal into life during the Blitz.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eEileen Alexander fell in love amidst the falling of bombs, finding a quotation from poetry at every turn. Graduating from Cambridge in 1939, she had just been injured in a car crash (the man she had a soft spot for was driving) and had firm ambitions of studying further, making herself useful and absolutely \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e getting married.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eHer letters offer a love story and a unique snapshot of the home front, as well as resurrecting the voice of a profoundly funny writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I wonder what anyone would think if they suddenly came across my letters to you \u0026amp; started reading them in chronological order?'\u003c\/em\u003e Eileen wrote in 1941. \u003cem\u003e'I think they'd say \"This girl never lived till she loved\" - and it would be true, darling.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexander, Eileen","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44185211699490,"sku":"9780008311209","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/alexander-eileen-love-in-the-blitz-the-greatest-lost-love-letters-of-the-second-world-war-2020-hardback-9780008311209-58133016904019.jpg?v=1727004373","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/love-in-the-blitz-hb-uk","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}