What a great story. Two women, two children of the same age, both sheltering in an Underground Station during an air raid. Two totally different backgrounds. Only one woman and one child survive. I can quite imagine the horror and fear both must have felt during such a terrible night. The descriptions of the bombing sounds were particularly good and I felt like I was there, with them, sheltering in the dark. The husbands' stories are very much back stories to the unimaginable choice that had to be made. I loved this book. I am sad to say goodbye to Diana and Gerald, Nancy and Jo and of course little Abigail and Emily. ( )