{"product_id":"9781509819478","title":"The Hopeful Traveller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Time of War\u003c\/i\u003e told the story of a group of Wrens on a West Country airfield, but now the war is over, the girls are dispersed, and must learn to endure the rigours of the early post-war years, as well as the boredoms and perplexities of civilian life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Kerren takes a job as a librarian and tries to forget her husband, who was killed in the war, her friend, Robin, has married a kind, conventional lawyer and lives in Cheltenham. But the lives of these two are still, though more remotely, linked; their reunions with other men and women from the old Station, and Kerren's efforts to adapt herself to a life far less sheltered than her wartime one, provide both comedy and some near-tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Hocking drew on her own experiences as an ex-Wren to trace the changes of emotional temperature, the disillusionment and the challenges, the need to realize new ways of life and the necessity to re-create themselves, experienced by her characters in this wonderful novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143859323120,"sku":"9781509819478","price":6.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781509819478_p0.jpg?v=1763723142","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781509819478","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}