The Frequency of Us: A BBC2 Between the Covers book club pick

A BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK\r\n\r\nA fascinating, beautiful, heartwarming novel. It kept me gripped from the very first chapter -- BETH OLEARY\r\n\r\nIn Second World War Bath, young, naive wireless engineer Will meets Austrian refugee Elsa Klein: she is sophisticated, witty and worldly, and at last his life seems to make sense . . . until, soon after, the newly married couples home is bombed, and Will awakes from the wreckage to find himself alone.\r\n\r\nNo one has heard of Elsa Klein. They say he was never married.\r\n\r\nSeventy years later, social worker Laura is battling her way out of depression and off medication. Her new case is a strange, isolated old man whose house hasnt changed since the war. A man who insists his wife vanished many, many years before. Everyone thinks hes suffering dementia. But Laura begins to suspect otherwise . . .\r\n\r\nFrom Keith Stuart, author of the much-loved Richard & Judy bestseller A Boy Made of Blocks, comes a stunning, emotional novel about an impossible mystery and a true love that refuses to die.\r\n\r\nEnthralling, a real thing of beauty. Dazzling -- JOSIE SILVER\r\n\r\nThe Frequency of Us is a novel with a bit of everything: a sweeping love story, wonderfully complex characters, and a sprinkling of the supernatural. I loved it, and know itll stay with me for some time -- CLARE POOLEY\r\n\r\nA complete joy! An intelligent, intricate and emotive mystery -- LOUISE JENSON