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Jun 02, 2019Bookworm2228 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
4 stars. This book tells the story of a relatively unknown group of women who were chosen to support the war effort in England to work in the anti-aircraft, aka Ack Ack unit. But it is also a story of women and their friendships and how war brought out the best and at times the worst in people. It starts with Cara, a young divorcee, licking her wounds from her failed marriage, working with an antiques dealer, who discovers a diary from WWII while clearing out a house after a bereavement. As she reads the story of Louise, who she knows only as initials, and her war time experiences, she becomes invested in her story and spends a lot of time trying to find out who she was and how her story ended. She is helped by her new neighbour, Liam, a history specialist at the university, who has contacts to help her get information. As she hunts for answers, she not only closes in on Louise's story but the story of someone very close to her. I found this a lovely book with an interesting story of a group of women I hadn't known anything about. I hope she continues to write more interesting books about interesting women and their lives.