1942 and twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, engaged to her long time boyfriend Godfrey, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the Pacific island of Bora-Bora with her impulsive best friend Kitty. Once there, Anne meets a handsome soldier named Westry and they find an abandoned bungalow on the beach. They decide to fix it up and begin leaving each other notes. Their friendship turns to love. Of course, there is a war going – and we must not forget impulsive Kitty, who brings unwanted events upon them all. Then there is the murder . . .
This story unfolds as Anne tells her granddaughter about that time in her life many years later. The writing is good and the main characters, the islanders and Bora-Bora came to life as I read. And the read was a ‘no-put-down’ six hours.
I must tell you, that when I finished this book, there were tears in my eyes.
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