When I Come Home Again by Caroline Scott
In Brief
1918. In the last week of the First World War, a uniformed soldier is arrested in Durham Cathedral. When questioned, it becomes clear he has no memory of who he is or how he came to be there.
The soldier is given the name Adam and transferred to a rehabilitation home. His doctor James is determined to discover who this man once was. But Adam doesn’t want to remember. Unwilling to relive the trauma of war, Adam has locked his memory away, seemingly for good.
When a newspaper publishes a feature about Adam, three women come forward, each claiming that he is someone she lost in the war. But does he believe any of these women? Or is there another family out there waiting for him to come home?
First Published: 2020 Pages: 490
Genre: Historical Fiction
| 1. Rating: | 7.8 out of 10 | |
| 2. Recommended: | Most people said they would recommend the book to their friends, even though they did feel it was slow in the middle. | |
| 3. Audience: | Everyone said it would appeal to a mature, probably female, audience | |
| 4. Type of Read: | It did require concentration and was the sort of book you would read in short bursts | |
| 5. Quality of Author: | The quality of the writing was good, but no one expressed a wish to read other books written by the author. It was likely that they would be too similar to "When I Come Home". | |
| 6. Other observations: | Even though the book was about the war, it was a gently read. |