A vivid description of life in England during the Nazi bombing in World War Two. Most men were serving in military units. For the first time, married women worked outside the home, Children, some as young as five years, were sent to rural areas for their safety.

Communication was disrupted due to so many homes and businesses being destroyed by bombs. People often lost track of friends and family, assuming they might have been killed in a bombing attack. This is the story of a single mother devoted to her child but forced to send her to a home in the country. That home is destroyed by a bomb, but the family survives unharmed. They move to another town, but the letter telling the mother does not reach her. She then begins her long search for her "lost" child amid the destruction of life and property of war. A well-written book with excellent character development.