From the author of "It Can't Go On" and "Love Is Strange", this is a widely acclaimed and compelling novel set during the London Blitz. Jackie and Mary are just 2 of the millions of ordinary Londoners whose lives are changed forever by WWII. Unmarried but in love, Jack becomes inveigled in underworld activities and Mary is changed beyond recognition. 'An exuberant, often powerful and moving reading of the underside of the Second World War.' "Guardian"