A heartfelt wartime love story told through letters between Chris Barker, a soldier in North Africa, and Bessie Moore, a Morse code interpreter in London.
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A heartfelt wartime love story told through letters between Chris Barker, a soldier in North Africa, and Bessie Moore, a Morse code interpreter in London.
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Bessie Moore was a colleague of Chris Barker's at the Post Office, before working at the Foreign Office, using her training in Morse code to translate intercepted German radio messages. She was thirty when twenty-nine-year-old Chris first wrote from North Africa. Simon Garfield is the author of fourteen acclaimed books of non-fiction including To the Letter, On the Map, and Just My Type
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Candid letters detail romantic longing, physical desire, and a developing sexual relationship.
Violence & gore
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Background references to wartime separation and military service.
Profanity
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Occasional strong language within personal correspondence.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation present.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present.
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present.
Political content
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World War II military context frames the correspondence.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Themes of wartime separation and emotional hardship.
Other
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