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In the winter of 1952 Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her husband Philip a GP. With Philip spending long hours on call Isabel finds herself isolated and lonely as she strives to adjust to the realities of married life. Woken by intense cold one night she discovers an old RAF greatcoat hidden in the back of a cupboard. Sleeping under it for warmth she starts to dream. And not long afterwards while her husband is out she is startled by a knock at her window. Outside is a young RAF pilot waiting to come in. His name is Alec and his powerful presence both disturbs and excites her. Her initial alarm soon fades and they begin an intense affair. But nothing has prepared her for the truth about Alecs life nor the impact it will have on hers... See Judys Review See Richards
Review Download A Sample Chapter Of The Greatcoat Read about the Author Exclusive Bonus Content Write a Review for The Greatcoat Judys Review I love ghost stories and this one is hugely atmospheric. It exists in a haze of smoky cold gloom. Isabel is a young newlywed married to Philip a GP embarking on his first practice in a small East Riding town in Yorkshire. But what defines this story is the period in which it takes place - 1952. The second world war is over but for most of the UK life is still extremely hard. Food is still rationed; so is coal. Isabel and Philip rent a two-roomed flat in an old house where the only other resident is the landlady Mrs Atkinson who lives alone on the top floor. She is aloof and remote hostile to young Isabel who tries desperately to make her dinghy
freezing flat into a home. The dark and cold of the house and surrounding town is oppressive. Isabel tries to get to grips with being a housewife buying rationed food at local shops but she feels an outsider gauche and inexperienced. Freezing at night in the bed she shares with her husband she searches the flat for extra blankets. At the back of a cupboard she finds an old greatcoat - the kind an RAF officer would have worn during the war. She puts it on the bed for warmth and is pulled into another reality. The owner of the greatcoat Alec an RAF pilot once based at the local airfield comes tapping at her window. The only problem is that Alec is dead. Richards Review
Review Download A Sample Chapter Of The Greatcoat Read about the Author Exclusive Bonus Content Write a Review for The Greatcoat Judys Review I love ghost stories and this one is hugely atmospheric. It exists in a haze of smoky cold gloom. Isabel is a young newlywed married to Philip a GP embarking on his first practice in a small East Riding town in Yorkshire. But what defines this story is the period in which it takes place - 1952. The second world war is over but for most of the UK life is still extremely hard. Food is still rationed; so is coal. Isabel and Philip rent a two-roomed flat in an old house where the only other resident is the landlady Mrs Atkinson who lives alone on the top floor. She is aloof and remote hostile to young Isabel who tries desperately to make her dinghy
freezing flat into a home. The dark and cold of the house and surrounding town is oppressive. Isabel tries to get to grips with being a housewife buying rationed food at local shops but she feels an outsider gauche and inexperienced. Freezing at night in the bed she shares with her husband she searches the flat for extra blankets. At the back of a cupboard she finds an old greatcoat - the kind an RAF officer would have worn during the war. She puts it on the bed for warmth and is pulled into another reality. The owner of the greatcoat Alec an RAF pilot once based at the local airfield comes tapping at her window. The only problem is that Alec is dead. Richards Review
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