A letter two lovers a terrible lie. In war truth is only the first casualty. ' Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls' One Day' The Times While Riley Purefoy & Peter Locke fight for their country their survival & their sanity in the trenches of Flanders Nadine Waveney Julia Locke & Rose Locke do what they can at home. Beautiful obsessive Julia & gentle eccentric Peter are married: each day Julia goes through rituals to prepare for her beloved husband's return. Nadine & Riley only eighteen when the war starts & with problems of their own already want above all to make promises
- but how can they when the future is not in their hands? & Rose? Well what did happen to the traditionally brought-up women who lost all hope of marriage because all the young men were dead? Moving between Ypres London & Paris My Dear I Wanted to Tell You is a deeply affecting moving & brilliant novel of love & war & how they affect those left behind as well as those who fight.