The Ashgrove

"...a powerful and moving account of the brutality of war itself." TONY BENN "This book bears powerful witness to a grave injustice." MARTIN BELL The Ashgrove, a memorial to men killed in the First World War, is under threat from developers. Rachel Elliott, a local journalist, tries to uncover the mystery of the ninth tree - in whose memory is it and who planted it? Only when she is given a diary and some letters does she begin to unravel the truth. Written by Molly Day, a nurse in a hospital in France, the diary and letters tell of her life in the hospital and her love for Tom Carter, one of her patients. As the story of Molly and Tom unfolds, Rachel discovers her own links with the past and with the Ashgrove itself, making her determined to save the Ashgrove as a memorial to all the men who lost their lives.