title: The Abode Of Love: A Memoir
author:  Kate Barlow 
description: "The most extraordinary story - well worth telling" -- Margaret Forster (from the Foreword) "Gripping and compelling" Daily Mail
zlib_text: Iona Grey has a degree in English Literature and Language from Manchester
  University, an obsession with history and an enduring fascination with the
  lives of women in the twentieth century. She lives in rural Cheshire with her
  husband and three daughters. She tweets @iona_grey
  
  Praise for _Letters to the Lost_ :
  
  ‘An epic story of love and loss that will break your heart’
  
  Santa Montefiore
  
  ‘A beautiful, tender story from a naturally gifted storyteller. A wonderful
  debut novel and a real weepy!’
  
  Lucinda Riley
  
  ‘I fell completely in love with this novel. _Letters to the Lost_ is
  extraordinary – vivid, compelling and beautifully told. It will stay with me
  for a long time’
  
  Miranda Dickinson
  
  ‘A beautifully woven tale of love and loss that breaks your heart and rebuilds
  it. I couldn’t put it down. It was a big juicy read that reminded me of books
  that I loved in the past that wrapped you up, held you tight and didn’t put
  you down until you were left devastated that the book had ended yet