Review: A touching story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2012
This is a short story by Edward Carpenter about a soldier during WW1 and his wife back home. There are no names, no descriptions of what these people look like, they are anonymous. The first half is told by the husband, it's as if you are in his head looking out through his eyes. You see what he has to endure, you feel his pain and longing to go home and be with his wife. His confusion when he gets home and finds out where his wife has gone.The second half is told by the wife. Inside her head, her own private hell as she has been stricken with something so horrible the doctors don't know what to do.It amazes me how Mr. Carpenter is able to draw so many emotions out of his readers in such a short time. This is a very touching and moving story.