Otterbrook, 1916

by David Andrew Westwood

After centuries of peace, a small Lancashire farming village sends its sons off to serve in the Great War. The country is convulsed in a patriotic fervor, and all are excited to go — though each for his own reasons — and their mothers, wives and sweethearts are happy to hand them over. But the war is only two years old, and its nature is misunderstood. It soon becomes clear that its end is nowhere in sight, and its appetite for men insatiable. All this is viewed through the eyes of a village girl considered simple-minded, whose interest is in one particular boy. She is not sure where he has gone, but she waits patiently for his return.

243 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2016

About the author

Author of The World War Two Series:

Emmerspitz, 1938
Deauvenoy, 1939
Kelsmeath, 1940
Tullykillane, 1941
Kopersund, 1942
Valdinato, 1943
Mossingdene, 1944
Onishiwan, 1945

The World War One Series:

Belmédon, 1914
Denderbeck, 1915
Otterbrook, 1916
Charentin, 1918

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