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Apr 17, 2016EmilyEm rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It's 1940 and London is burning. The three protagonists of Barker’s 'Life Class' trilogy, Elinor, Paul and Kit, find themselves supporting the war effort on the Home Front as ambulance drivers and air raid warden. But, painting is still part of their lives, as the Ministry of Information commissioned artwork of the war’s alteration of people’s lives. The tamped down emotions and living from day to day existence of a country that fully expected a German invasion is vividly portrayed as the three go about their nightly rendezvous with death. Baker’s writing is atmospheric and the situations she has each encounter poignant. Who of their generation expected another war? Highly anticipated by me as I loved 'Life Class' and 'Toby’s Room,' the other two books in this trilogy. Recommend this one, too. Thanks, Pat Barker.