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Montefiore, Santa, 1970-

Wait for me : based on Simon Jacobs' true story / Santa Montefiore. - London, England : Simon & Schuster, 2023. - 373 pages ; 24 cm.

Cornwall, 1944: When Rupert Dash is declared missing, presumed dead during the Battle of Arnhem, his wife, Florence, is devastated. She can't accept that he has gone from her life forever, and so when she finds a poem called ‘Wait for Me’ hidden in an old book, she believes it's a sign from her husband. A promise that he will return to her. London, 1988: Since childhood Max has suffered from a recurring nightmare. Surrounded by the horrific chaos of World War Two, he has an urgent mission he knows he must complete. But time after time, the dream ends with him awaking in terror, his heart pounding from the horror of the battlefield. Desperate to understand why he is haunted by such terrible visions, Max embarks on a journey that leads him to Cornwall and a man named Rupert Dash. Australia, 1995: Florence receives a letter from someone she has never met, who lives on the other side of the world. This stranger says he remembers a life that belonged to another before him. Could this be the one person Florence has waited over fifty years to meet again?

ISBN: 9781398513969 1398513962 9781398513952 1398513954

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC383627 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 021040164 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Reincarnation--Fiction.
Nightmares--Fiction.
Letters--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Self-realization--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographical fiction.
Romance fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92