Dannie Abse

In this delightful autobiographical novel, Dannie Abse skilfully interweaves public and private themes, setting the fortunes of a Jewish family in Wales against the troubled backcloth of the times - unemployment, the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, and the Spanish Civil War.

In this book Dannie Abse, who lost his wife in a car accident, charts his feelings during the year following her death. While this is a book about one person’s struggle to cope with overwhelming grief, it is also a celebration of a deep love for another human being.