First edition, first printing. 566pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, pink titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head. Finger smudges to out text block edge. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. Superb saga of love, loss and family closeness, set against the tumultuous years of WW2 and its aftermath.