WINNER OF WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD
A TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR <\/b><\/p>\n
‘If you haven’t read it, you’re missing out’ Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
'One of the best debuts I've read in recent years . . . please rush out and buy it' ELIZABETH DAY<\/b>
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In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle – an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood – not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him too.<\/p>\n
When Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him to the front. Ellwood and Gaunt find love in the trenches – but just as war brought them together, it can tear them apart…<\/p>\n
An epic, unforgettable love story between two soldiers in the First World War, In Memoriam is a breath-taking debut.<\/b>
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'A genuine page-turner' Sunday Times<\/b><\/p>\n
'BIRDSONG for a new generation' JOANNA QUINN, author of THE WHALEBONE THEATRE<\/i><\/p>\n
'I can't remember the last time I was this invested in a love story' Sunday Telegraph<\/b><\/p>\n
'Assured, affecting and moving' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, author of HAMNET<\/p>\n
‘Will smash your heart to smithereens' Daily Mail<\/b><\/p>\n
THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES<\/i> BESTSELLER, March 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. At seventeen, they’re too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle – an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the dreamy, poetic Ellwood – not having a clue that Ellwood is in love with him, always has been. When Gaunt’s German mother asks him to enlist as an officer in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks, Gaunt signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. The front is horrific, of course, and though Gaunt tries to dissuade Ellwood from joining him on the battlefield, Ellwood soon rushes to join him, spurred on by his love of Greek heroes and romantic poetry. Before long, their classmates have followed suit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[26827,1353,1083,26901,27011],"class_list":["post-103007","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-general-fiction","product_tag-narrative-theme-death-grief-loss","product_tag-first-world-war-fiction","product_tag-historical-romance","product_tag-narrative-theme-coming-of-age","product_tag-narrative-theme-politics","pa_book_author-winn-alice","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-813-6-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-penguin-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-9201","pa_publisher-penguin-books","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n