Gerald's War

Gerald is 'Missing Feared Killed!' Would he ever get home now he'd lost his lucky mascot, but did he even want to?

Gerald Davies, the eponymous hero of the book has a difficult childhood. His mother, suffering from epilepsy, is forced into an asylum by his father who has taken up with a woman half his age. Unknown to Gerald, the person he knows as his aunt is his real mother.

It's 1936 and to escape, Gerald walks the short distance to the local RAF base and joins up. He trains to be a pilot...