The Soldier's Return | |
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Author(s) | Melvyn Bragg |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | The Soldier's Return |
Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
Publication date | 2000 |
Published in English |
2000 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
ISBN | 978-0340767276 |
Followed by | A Son of War |
The Soldier's Return is the first book in a quartet of books written by Melvyn Bragg.
Contents |
Sam Richardson returns to the small Cumbrian town of Wigton after fighting in Burma during the Second World War. The war has given Sam’s wife Ellen a newfound confidence and Sam is a stranger to his son Joe. Sam is plagued by memories of the war and wants a new life, for himself, his wife and his son.
The book won the WH Smith Literary Award in 2000[1], and was followed by three sequels.
Sam Richardson is still struggling with effects of World War Two and to re-establish his relationship with his wife Ellen and young son Joe. Sam wants to become his own boss and start a business.
Joe Richardson is changing from an immature schoolboy into a confident student at Oxford who has the world at his feet. His parents Sam and Ellen have reconciled some of their difficulties and are drifting into middle-age.