Traditional fiction with big nostalgic appeal.

Life didn't stop in the Avenue because the war had started . . .

Berni Carver joins up with the Commandos with his twin brother hoping they will serve out the war together.

Archie Carver is determined to end the war richer than when it started.

Elaine Fraser seizes her opportunity to live a little now her husband is out of the way.

War has broken out and the blitz will soon change everything in the Avenue. Many men have gone off to fight but others stay behind with less honourable intentions . . .

"Mr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming" - Evening Standard

"R F Delderfield is a born storyteller" - Sunday Mirror

"Sheer, wonderful storytelling" - Chicago Tribune

"It is always a pleasure to read R F Delderfield, because he never seems to be ashamed of writing well" - Books and Bookmen

"He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett" - Life Magazine