The Frequency of Us: A BBC2 Between the Covers book club pick

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I feel the setting is pivotal, the admiralty relocated there during the war and hence part of the reason for the bombing attack on a city that was otherwise of no particular interest. She is introduced to an old man whose house hasn’t changed since the war, who insists his wife vanished decades ago.

BBC Radio 4 - The Frequency of Us by Keith Stuart

Laura, who is having her own issues with anxiety and medication, starts to believe there is more to his story than the authorities realise, and is slowly pulled into the mystery of Will’s life. This is a superb and original third novel by Keith Stuart and as with ‘A Boy Made of Blocks’ and ‘Days of Wonder’, a book that will stay with me and I highly recommend. The author gives his readers space and time to consider all theories as you relinquish reality and lose yourself in Will’s memories.Throughout a refrain used constantly by Will and one she heard as young from her father runs through her head: “Everything is always happening. The love story between Will and Elsa is very moving ,and I was touched by the story and on the verge of tears more than once. It was beautifully written and although a little far fetched at times, it took me with it the whole way. Believable characters are all about little moments of behaviours, little images, little idiosyncrasies.

The Frequency of Us: A BBC2 Between the Covers book club pick The Frequency of Us: A BBC2 Between the Covers book club pick

For example, autopsy rates have declined, 22 the number of self-reports remains low and malpractice claims data are prone to bias and are non-representative.For me it was enough that this lonely and misunderstood elderly man finally had someone willing to listen to his version of events and like Laura I became an avid listener, caring about the validity of his memories because it was vital for my peace of mind that I believed in the existence of this beautiful love affair.