What We Did In The War

Can you ever let go of the past? Two women unhappy with their lives seize a chance to start over during a WWII bombing raid, in this dramatic and suspenseful novel.London, 1944: As bombs start raining from the sky, two women rush out of a restaurant, leaving their possessions behind. Their chance meeting amid the chaos and destruction will have long-lasting consequences. Both beset by desperate problems, they take advantage of the wartime chaos to escape their humdrum lives and start again. .Sticking together, the pair live under the radar, using a stolen ration book to feed themselves and relying on a street kid’s help to get by. Cecil eventually finds work, while glamorous, feckless Claude looks after the flat—or doesn’t. Gradually their friendship sours and resentment creeps in. Just as Cecil is wondering whether she should ever have trusted Claude in the first place, she makes a shocking discovery—one that will expose a web of secrets, lead to an act of violence, and set the two on separate and very different paths..M.F Thelma and Louise in wartime London! Two women meet by chance during a bombing raid towards the end of the second world war. Each with pressing reasons to disappear, they set up home together and live under the radar in the ruined city, with the help of a street child and a stolen ration book. Gradually their intense friendship turns sour and resentments creep in, until a devastating secret leads to a shocking act of violence which will change the course of their lives forever. Years later, they meet again. Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but who will have the last word?