The Last Post

By: Andy Ruffell

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill

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A World War I soldier writes a love note to his pregnant wife, puts it in a bottle and drops it in the English Channel. Decades later a fisherman finds it and delivers the message to the daughter the soldier never got to meet. Although this heart-warming tale is fiction, it is based on real-life events.

Andy Ruffel has worked in schools for the past eighteen years as a teacher and head teacher. His debut middle grade novel, Lily Grim & the City of Undone, won the Hachette Children’s Novel Award in 2021.

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Mysterious

I enjoyed the story wish it added to the story, a little more to the end.

Sweet story based on real events

A soldier writes a letter to his wife and puts it in a bottle, which decades later finds its way to the daughter he never knew. A gentle and tender read about devotion, marriage, the tragedies of war, and love that is stronger than death

Perfection

This was a lovely little story. I recommend that people take a few minutes to enjoy a nice piece of writing.

So sweet and thoughtful

I loved this. It was very touching that her father had the foresight to write her letter even before he knew she would be born 🥹