From the outbreak of World War II to the evacuation of Dunkirk.

A novel of such warmth and tenderness that you will never want to put it down, Goodbye Sweetheart follows the fortunes of the people who live in a working class street in Portsmouth, U.K. in 1939.

Like any street in any town it has neighbours, good and bad, gossip, scandal, romance, and the laughter and games of children. But the outbreak of war in 1939 changes it all. First lovers such as Olive and Derek faced with separation- perhaps death; men and women like Frank and Jess budd whose marriages are changed by the common danger they face; and children like Wendy and Alan, evacuated to the countryside, not knowing when they will come home. Their joys and sorrows and friendships are played out against that most dramatic of backdrops-one of Englands greatest seaports arming for the war.

Based on the author's own childhood memories of growing up near Portsmouth, this is a novel which shows us what England was really like then-a story told with such nostalgia and charm that you leave the world it describes with a real sense of loss, and a longing for the chance to return.

Book has 346 pages and is in excellent condition. Always been in a smoke free home.