Love in a Wych Elm and Other Stories is a collection of charming short stories by HE Bates (1905—1974). I have to admit that until I came across this book, I never heard about this writer. My favourites from this book are The Bath (a group of British soldiers looking for a bath in post-World War German conutryside), A Christmas Song (a young man comes to the music shop and asks for a Christmas song of which he does not remember either words or tune... nor it is actually a Christmas song...), Where The Cloud Breaks (an absent-minded retired Colonel communicates with his sweetheart neighbour with the help of signal flags), and the title story, Love in a Wych Elm (naturally, about first love).
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