Any collection of wartime letters should be preserved but these actually give more information about the author than any extra dimension to wartime history. She is in love but clearly nervous of it,at war with her family and unsettled generally. She comes over as having a strong sense of entitlement and considerable arrogance. The letters are long,personal and not likely to make much contribution to war history. They are for storage rather than reading.

This is a book to enjoy at a slow pace, to savour the language and the pictures portrayed with words alone.

Eileen meets Gershon at Cambridge and after a car crash in July 1939, their friendship turns to love.

Distanced during the War, they keep in touch via letters, although only Eileen's have survived.

This is a war seen through the eyes of a young Jewish girl in love and in a strange counrty.

This is life as seen by a young feminist..

This is history written with love..

The story of the letters is interesting too. Read and enjoy.

This is a book of letters written between two people in the 2nd World War. I have to say I found this book quite hard going at times but overall enjoyable.