Has all the classical elements of a wartime novel. Brandishing various strengths of characters and compassionate relationships that are heart warming. Cathy’s violent husband is missing in action, this offers her a opportunity for a better life as a widow and so she longs for those six months to pass so that she may declare herself and her two year old son free. Then comes archie, the lodger she needs to assist in her financially hard times. A d from this the promise of true love emerges