One of the highlights of Gerard Woodward's Nourishment, has to be the witty, tense and somewhat curt letters sent between Tory and Donald, husband and wife. Tory is home in south east London, while Donald is a prisoner of war in an unknown land. Take a look at some of the letters that have been lovingly reproduced and get a taste of Nourishment. Simply click on the image to go to our .

Shortly after the outbreak of war, Emily Head, known by everyone, including her late husband Arthur and her daughter Tory, simply as Mrs Head, returned to London after a brief sojourn in the marshland village of Waseminster (Anglo-Saxon for the church in the mud, according to Tory's husband Donald), possessed of an unshakeable belief that her daughter, and London generally, needed her.

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