Kate Rudd’s dynamic performance brings out the heightened ups-and-downs of life and love in this touching WWII story in which Lt. Mellie Blake and Lt. Tom MacGilliver become correspondents in an anonymous letter exchange. Rudd connects effortlessly with the listener with her flair for accents and animated voices that accentuate the characters’ emotions—from lighthearted bantering and flirtation to anger, fear, and desperation. Rudd’s tender smoothness reveals the growing closeness and conflict between the two protagonists as they reveal their personal stories to each other and find themselves falling in love in spite of their doubt that their romance will survive the reality of their pasts. M.F. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

Kate Rudd’s dynamic performance brings out the heightened ups-and-downs of life and love in this touching WWII story in which Lt. Mellie Blake and Lt. Tom MacGilliver become correspondents in an anonymous letter exchange. Rudd connects effortlessly with the listener with her flair for accents and animated voices that accentuate the characters’ emotions—from lighthearted bantering and flirtation to anger, fear, and desperation. Rudd’s tender smoothness reveals the growing closeness and conflict between the two protagonists as they reveal their personal stories to each other and find themselves falling in love in spite of their doubt that their romance will survive the reality of their pasts. M.F. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine