Wendy,
it was me and she genuinely seemed to love it, even got a little sad to finish it. Ah well! all good things...
Enormous thank you for the new link. Lets hope those film peeps don't cock it up.
Contractually,of course,they will have to write in a nude scene for Kate Winslet.
i would suggest a hefty dose of casual sex on the beach with an enigmatic stranger called trevor who doesn't yet know that the war has ended.
in fact,that could be the whole plot (but keep the title).
ET-voila!
wadya think?
ps. i think Matron might be Jazzgirl, certainly not me.