{"product_id":"9781782115687","title":"My Dear Bessie: A Love Story in Letters","description":"AS HEARD ON RADIO 4  'Utterly wonderful' NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina  Twenty hours have gone since I last wrote. I have been thinking of you. I shall think of you until I post this, and until you get it. Can you feel, as you read these words, that I am thinking of you now; aglow, alive, alert at the thought that you are in the same world, and by some strange chance loving me.  In September 1943, Chris Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa when he decided to brighten the long days of war by writing to old friends. One of these was Bessie Moore, a former work colleague. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Crossing continents and years, their funny, affectionate and intensely personal letters are a remarkable portrait of a love played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. Above all, their story is a stirring example of the power of letters to transform ordinary lives.","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131471839472,"sku":"9781782115687","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782115687_p0.jpg?v=1763721037","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782115687","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}