Forget Me Not

This is a work of fiction, set during the Great War. It parallels the lives of those men and women sent across to the Western Front, and those families left to fend for themselves at home.In September 1916, Jack Stanley enlists to go and fight in a war on the other side of the world, leaving behind his wife, Jess, and their three children. Jack and his mates go through months of gruelling training before finally reaching the battlefields of France, and experiencing for themselves the...
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This is a work of fiction, set during the Great War. It parallels the lives of those men and women sent across to the Western Front, and those families left to fend for themselves at home.In September 1916, Jack Stanley enlists to go and fight in a war on the other side of the world, leaving behind his wife, Jess, and their three children. Jack and his mates go through months of gruelling training before finally reaching the battlefields of France, and experiencing for themselves the harsh reality of war.Back home in Australia, Jess is dealing with issues, while she waits for news from the Front. Her chance encounter with an itinerant ex-soldier, leads her into situations she could not possibly have imagined, with catastrophic results.Finally the was ends in November 1918, and the long-awaited homecoming takes an unexpected turn.