Like her husband, Peter, she is concealing a secret which is keeping them apart. I loved it.ĭavina Blake expresses the tortured life of Rhoda during the war and her marriage up till 1955.

It describes boredom and hardship and deep passion. With echoes of “Atonement,” we read of the horrors, sadness and wasted lives of World War Two. Past Encounters is a book you can’t put down and yet you don’t want it to finish. For if they are ever to understand each other, Rhoda too must escape the ghosts of the past.Taking us on a journey from the atmospheric filming of Brief Encounter, to the extraordinary Great March of prisoners of war through snow-bound Germany, this is a novel of friendship, hope, and how in the end, it is the small things that enable love to survive.Includes discussion points for reading groups … ( more) Her search leads her back to 1945, but as she gradually uncovers Peter's wartime secrets she must wrestle with painful memories of her own. There is only one problem - Rhoda has never even heard of Archie Foster.Devastated by this betrayal of trust, Rhoda tries to find out how and why her husband, Peter, has kept this friendship hidden for so long. But when Rhoda tracks her down, she discovers the mysterious woman is not his lover after all, but the wife of his best friend, Archie Foster. From the moment Rhoda Middleton opens one of her husband's letters and finds it is from another woman, she is convinced he is having an affair.

Past Encounters by Davina Blake