Christmas Hope

After two years at the mercy of the Canadian Expeditionary force and the German war machine Harry ran out of metaphors for death synonyms for brown and images of darkness. When he encounters color among the floating islands of Amiens and life in the form a widow and her little son hope ensnares him. Through three more long years of war and its aftermath the hope she brings keeps Harry alive.Rosemarie Legrands husband left her a tiny son no money and a savaged reputation when he died. She struggles to simply feed the boy and has little to offer a lonely soldier but Harrys devotion lifts her up. The war demands all her strength and resilience will the hope of peace and the promise of Harrys love keep her going?When it is finally over will their love be enough?