My Dear I Wanted to Tell You: Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award; winner of Audiobook of the Year at the Galaxy Book Awards; a Richard and Judy pick; shortlisted for the Wellcome Prize

Set on the Western Front, in London and in Paris, MY DEAR I WANTED TO TELL YOU is a moving and brilliant novel of love, class and sex in wartime, and how war affects those left behind as well as those who fight. While Riley Purefoy and Peter Locke fight for their country, their survival and their sanity in the trenches of Flanders, Nadine Waveney, Julia Locke and Rose Locke do what they can at home. Beautiful, obsessive Julia and gentle, eccentric Peter are married: each day Julia goes through rituals to prepare for her beloved husband’s return. Nadine and Riley, only eighteen when the war starts, and with problems of their own already, want above all to make promises - but how can they when the future is not in their hands? And Rose? Well, what did happen to the traditionally brought-up women who lost all hope of marriage, because all the young men were dead? As a Sunday Times bestseller, this book stands as a testament to Young's ability to craft compelling historical and literary fiction. The narrative provides a deep dive into military life, making it a top pick for readers of the genre. For fans of Jo Browning Wroe (A Terrible Kindness), Kamila Shamsie (Home Fire), Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet), Barbara Kingsolver (Demon Copperhead), and Colm Tóibín (Long Island).