Brought up in a small English countryside village, Mary is forced quickly into becoming self reliant and resilient in her daily life. Never really getting to know her father because of him being distant and uncaring during her infancy, he suffered from his memories of the First World War. Dying before Mary reached her teens, his death left Mary and her pregnant mother to fend for themselves. The death of her father left her mother a fragile shell of her former self meaning that the responsibility fell to Mary to work, be a carer for her mother and raise her sibling. Her mother passed away shortly before the outbreak of war leaving only her and her younger brother John in the family home. Now in her early twenties she spends her time working in a factory, to then come home to take care of John. The thing that keeps her going during the trials of war, is reading the letters from her soul mate, Arthur who sends them from the war. She wants nothing more than to believe in a beautiful love filled future but she can’t help but worry.
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