STORIES OF LOVE & WAR BY REBECCA BRITT, NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHERS AUSTRALIA, $35.
The pain of longing for a loved one is exquisite. Yet when that emotion is set against the backdrop of war, it is almost too heart-wrenching to contemplate.
In this beautiful collection of love stories from The Australian War Memorial, author Rebecca Britt captures the intensity of these emotions. Handsome David Ryan of Walcha in northern New South Wales was an airman during the Second World War when he fell in love with 17-year-old Iva Windover.
“Hello Iva – seven months today since we were joined and three months today since I came away and left you alone.”
Three years later, they married and the couple stayed together until his death at the age of 86.
This book would make a beautiful gift for anyone involved in the military or anyone who has been separated from the person they love.
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