The greatcoat
Helen Dunmore2012

it is winter of 1952, and Isabel Carey is struggling to adjust to the realities of married life in Yorkshire. isolated and lonley, she is also intensely cold. and her husband-a doctor-is rarely home. and then one night she discovers an old RAF greatcoat in the back of a cupboard. she put it on her bed for warmth-and is startled by a knock at her window. outside is young man. a pilot. and he wants to come in...