A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. ` Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls` One Day` The Times While Riley Purefoy & Peter Locke fight for their country, their survival & their sanity in the trenches of Flanders, Nadine Waveney, Julia Locke & Rose Locke do what they can at home. Beautiful, obsessive Julia & gentle, eccentric Peter are married: each day Julia goes through rituals to prepare for her beloved husband`s return. Nadine & Riley, only eighteen when the war starts, & with problems of their own already, want above all to make promises
- but how can they when the future is not in their hands? & Rose? Well, what did happen to the traditionally brought-up women who lost all hope of marriage, because all the young men were dead? Moving between Ypres, London & Paris, My Dear I Wanted to Tell You is a deeply affecting, moving & brilliant novel of love & war, & how they affect those left behind as well as those who fight.