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02968aam a2200301 i 4500 001 87D2D580FC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240417010124 008 220106s2020 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0062888811 020 $a 9780062888815 040 $a TLC $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Alexander, Eileen, $e author. $0 (local)tlcaut18586405114960700 245 10 $a Love in the Blitz : $b the long-lost letters of a brilliant young woman to her beloved on the front / $c Eileen Alexander; edited by David McGowan and David Crane. 264 1 $a New York : $b Harper, $c 2020. 300 $a 467 pages. 520 $a "On July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters. But as Eileen and Gershon's relationship flourishes from friendship and admiration into passion and love, the tensions between Germany, Russia, and the rest of Europe reach a crescendo. When war is declared, Gershon heads for Cairo and Eileen forgoes her studies to work in the Air Ministry. As cinematic as Atonement, written with the intimacy of the Neapolitan quartet, Love in the Blitz is an extraordinary glimpse of life in London during World War II and an illuminating portrait of an ordinary young woman trying to carve a place for herself in a time of uncertainty. As the Luftwaffe begins its bombardment of England, Eileen, like her fellow Britons, carries on while her loved ones are called up to fight, some never to return home. Written over the course of the conflict, Eileen's letters provide a vivid and personal glimpse of this historic era. Yet throughout the turmoil and bloodshed, one thing remains constant: her beloved Gershon, who remains a source of strength and support, even after he, too, joins the fighting. Though his letters have been lost to time, the bolstering force of his love for Eileen is illuminated in her responses to him. Equal parts heartrending and heartwarming, Love in the Blitz is a timeless romance and a deeply personal story of life and resilience amid the violence and terror of war."--from cover. 600 0 $a Alexander, Eileen, $d 1917-1986 $v Correspondence. $0 (DLC)no2020065590 650 0 $a World War, $d 1939-1945 $x Personal narratives, English. $0 (local)tlcaut18582118252376900 650 0 $a World War, $d 1939-1945 $z London. $z London. $0 (local)tlcaut18582118252376900 650 0 $a 1939-1945. $0 (local)tlcaut18586405187275500 651 0 $a London (England) $x Bombardment,. $x Bombardment,. $d 1940-1945. $0 (DLC)n 79005665 651 0 $a England $z London. $0 (DLC)n 82068148 700 $a McGowan, David, $e editor. $0 (DLC)n 82002714 700 $a Crane, David, $e editor. $0 (local)tlcaut18586405250790200 941 $a 1 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417015920.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=87D2D580FC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search