Dover Beach : love, life and death in wartime England
Summer 1940. The evacuation of Dunkirk proved that the British can rise to a challenge, but now the soldiers walk the streets of Dover, wandering through Woolworths, taking weary turns on the town's ice rink.Somehow, life must go on and people take comfort where they can. Toby Hendy, a fighter pilot, is awaiting orders when he meets Giselle, a young Frenchwoman who escaped occupied France with the English troops. Their love affair feels like a summer idyll, but can it withstand the forces of war?Meanwhile, reserve naval commander Paul Instow has been called up to fight in a war for which he feels too old. A young Dover prostitute, distracts him from his worries. But is their tender, happy relationship born out of desperation or is it something more permanent?Chronicling the lives and loves of ordinary people, Thomas conveys besieged Britain in tense, but curiously elated days.
"Summer 1940. The evacuation of Dunkirk proved that the British can rise to a challenge, but now the soldiers walk the streets of Dover, wandering through Woolworths, taking weary turns on the town's ice rink.Somehow, life must go on and people take comfort where they can. Toby Hendy, a fighter pilot, is awaiting orders when he meets Giselle, a young Frenchwoman who escaped occupied France with the English troops. Their love affair feels like a summer idyll, but can it withstand the forces of war?Meanwhile, reserve naval commander Paul Instow has been called up to fight in a war for which he feels too old. A young Dover prostitute, distracts him from his worries. But is their tender, happy relationship born out of desperation or is it something more permanent?Chronicling the lives and loves of ordinary people, Thomas conveys besieged Britain in tense, but curiously elated days."@en
"The evacuation of Dunkirk saw the British rising to a challenge - but now the soldiers walk the streets of Dover, wandering through Woolworths, taking turns on the ice rink. Somehow, life must go on and people take comfort where they can. Fighter pilot Toby Hendy is awaiting orders when he meets a young Frenchwoman. Their affair feels like a summer idyll, but can it withstand the forces of war? Paul Instow, reserve naval commander, feels too old to be called up. A tender, happy relationship with a prostitute distracts him - but is their love simply born out of desperation?"
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