17. Please God … Waiting for Danny

Chapter 17: Please God … Waiting for Danny, focuses on Norah’s bewilderment at Danny’s disappearance and her attempts to work out in which theatre of war -- Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece? -- he might be. With its outward focus, this chapter fills in on the general progress of the war and shows Norah as a ‘waiting woman’, continuing with her normal life, spending time with family and friends, reading, shopping etc. Jim’s letters become more salacious and angry, but while he gives nothing away about his brother’s whereabouts, he is now her only route to Danny. ‘Yes Norah’, JIm writes. ‘I can play a big part in your love affair with Danny.’