Please Come Home (A Cornish Wartime Story)

Cornwall, England, 1940. ‘Please come back to me. I…’ Anna can barely speak as she clutches Jimmy tight and buries her face in his Royal Air Force uniform. But their embrace ends all too soon. Watching him walk away, Anna feels the tears fall again. What if he never comes home?

Growing up without the care of a loving family made Anna Golding fiercely independent. So, on the eve of war,determined to do her duty, she joins the Women’s Air Force. Her fellow trainees are like the sisters she never had. But, as they all talk of fond memories of home, Anna’s heart breaks. Her past is too painful to share…

Until Anna meets her friend’s brother, Pilot Jimmy Armstrong. She could lose herself in his deep green eyes, and his gentle care makes Anna feel safe for the first time in her life. Anna and Jimmy must snatch every moment together as their duties pull them to opposite ends of the country – and every letter from Jimmy brings a thrill to her heart. But one day, a letter comes addressed to Anna that isn’t in his handwriting.

It’s from an anonymous young woman claiming to be a relative – and that she knows a secret about Anna’s mother. As her mother died in childbirth, Anna anxiously tries to track the woman down and discover the truth about the family she never knew. But with the bombs of the Blitz making every day dangerous, Anna receives harrowing news from the Royal Air Force that stops her search in its tracks…

Will Anna lose Jimmy, and her dream of their future together, to the fighting? Or will the war somehow help her find the family she never had?

An absolutely heart-wrenching, powerful and emotional novel about the hardships of war, and the strength of love. Perfect for fans of Diney Costeloe, Shirley Dickson and Wives of War.