LEADER 00000nim a22005175a 4500 003 MWT 005 20210614052634.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 210611s2020 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9780062963284 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0062963287 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062963284_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT12577525 037 12577525|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 942.1/084092|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Alexander, Eileen,|d1917-1986,|eauthor. 240 10 Correspondence.|kSelections 245 10 Love in the Blitz :|bthe long-lost letters of a brilliant young woman to her beloved on the front|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cEileen Alexander. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2020. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (1261 min.)) :|bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Oswyn Murray, Stephanie Racine and Sian Clifford. 520 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. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Alexander, Eileen,|d1917-1986|vCorrespondence. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|vPersonal narratives, English. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|zEngland|zLondon. 651 0 London (England)|xHistory|yBombardment, 1940-1945. 700 1 Murray, Oswyn,|enarrator. 700 1 Racine, Stephanie,|enarrator. 700 1 Clifford, Sian,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 12577525?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062963284_180.jpeg