Isabel struggles with her new role as home maker, rationing and what is expected of a doctor’s wife. Atkinson, to whom Isabel takes an instant dislike, and try to adapt to life as a married couple. They rent a downstairs flat from the creepy Mrs. Isabel and Philip Carey, newlyweds, move to a Yorkshire town when Philip accepts the position as the town’s new doctor. A crewman sings a song, one that he sings before every mission and the pilot has lucky silk gloves with which he touches the cockpit before each flight. The strain is beginning to show and superstitions abound. The novel opens with a prologue: a Lancaster bomber crew are embarking on their 27th mission to Germany, edging closer to the 30 required to complete a tour of duty. Britain is slowly recovering from the war, rationing is still in force and the landscape bears crumbling reminders of the recent upheaval. A novel with a World War II setting grabs my attention instantly, especially if it involves the R.A.F.
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