Award-winning journalist and author Frances Whiting brings her renowned warmth and empathy to this witty and gentle story about bringing out the best in each other. A warm-hearted novel from the author of Walking on Trampolines about music, grief, relationships, gardens, love, laughter and family. Florence Saint Claire is a loner. Albert Flowers is a social butterfly. Good friends who think they know each other.
Arctic explorer, survival expert and naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such lethal effectiveness that the Japanese deployed an entire regiment against him, hunting for him as they did for no other. He was wounded, and racked by tropical disease. His companions were killed, or captured...