In Memoriam

Author: Alice Winn

Format: Paperback

Winner of Waterstones Novel of the Year Award
A Top Five Sunday Times Bestseller
Winner of the British Book Awards Debut of the Year

'One of the best books of the last decade' Caro Claire Burke, number one Sunday Times bestselling author of YESTERYEAR

'If you haven't read it, you're missing out' — Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY

'One of the best debuts I've read in recent years . . . please rush out and buy it' — Elizabeth Day

In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him too.

When Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him to the front. Ellwood and Gaunt find love in the trenches - but just as war brought them together, it can tear them apart...

An epic, unforgettable love story between two soldiers in the First World War, In Memoriam is a breath-taking debut.

'A genuine page-turner' — Sunday Times

'BIRDSONG for a new generation' — JOANNA QUINN, author of THE WHALEBONE THEATRE

'I can't remember the last time I was this invested in a love story' — Sunday Telegraph

'Assured, affecting and moving' MAGGIE O' — FARRELL, author of HAMNET

'Will smash your heart to smithereens' — Daily Mail

THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, March 2023

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About the Author

Alice Winn is the author of IN MEMORIAM which won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, Waterstones Novel of the Year, and was named Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards 2023. It was also a top five Sunday Times bestseller.

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