Touching short-story about a petty officer (Lily Baines) in the Women’s Royal Navy Service (Wrens) in 1943 Yorkshire, England, working at a made over Touching short-story about a petty officer (Lily Baines) in the Women’s Royal Navy Service (Wrens) in 1943 Yorkshire, England, working at a made over seaside hotel that is a listening station during World War II. Her job is to intercept enemy naval communications and send them to Bletchley Park for decryption. One night, she picks up a transmission that isn’t code at all—it’s a cry for help. An American ship is taking heavy fire in the North Atlantic—but no one else has reported an attack, and the information relayed by the young US officer (Matt Jackson) seems all wrong. The contact that Lily has made on the other end of the radio channel says it’s 2023! Lily tells her superior officer about the transmission she heard and her superior officer suggests Lily take some time off. But Lily can’t stop thinking about what she heard, and what might happen in the future. So, she somehow tries to intervene. What follows is a lovely story between Lily and the young US Navy petty officer (Matt Jackson) who is on the other end of the transmission. For such a short-story it had characters I really cared about, an interesting plot, and a bittersweet ending. A wonderful read by new author to me, Kate Quinn....more
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