Another book about WW2! But very different from Nella Last. This is a novella really, 170 pages of rather large print, mostly recounting the traumatic events of a single night in Coventry. In that sense, comparisons with [b:On Chesil Beach|815309|On Chesil Beach|Ian McEwan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178649691s/815309.jpg|1698999] are inevitable. In some ways, I like it better. Helen Humphreys is a poet, and turns some beautiful phrases; her prose is limpid and beautiful. The story is a little bit predictable in places, but the characters are sensitively drawn, and feel real. Easily read in a (long) evening.