His name is Alec and his powerful presence disturbs and excites her as they begin an intense affair. Outside is a young RAF pilot wearing a familiar RAF coat. Sleeping under the coat for warmth, she starts to dream and is soon startled by a knock at her window. When she hunts for extra blankets, she discovers an old RAF greatcoat hidden in the back of a cupboard. One evening while Philip is on call, Isabel is woken by intense cold. While Philip spends long hours working away from home, Isabel finds herself lonely and vulnerable as she adjusts to the realities of being a housewife in the country. It is the winter of 1952 when Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her new husband, Philip, a medical doctor. In her newest book, Dunmore mines the past to chilling effect in an evocative and sophisticated ghost story about a love affair between a neglected wife and a mysterious soldier.
Best-selling novelist and poet Helen Dunmore’s historical novels have earned her comparisons in the press to Tolstoy and Emily Brontë.
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