Strangers in Time by David Baldacci

Baldacci is one of my favorite authors. This book differs from most of his action/adventure books in that it is about relationships and how we need them in our lives. The London Blitz is the setting. Baldacci captures the horrific nature of living in fear of bombs, hunger, and loss.

Ignatius Oliver, an Air Warden and bookseller with an open mind and even more open heart befriends two teenagers with radically different backgrounds. Molly and Charlie both deal with loss in their own way.  

The story illustrates how coming of age in the environment of the Blitz dramatically impacts not only the world-weary Ignatius but accelerates the maturing of the two teens.

Baldacci points out that the downside of loving someone is the possibility or reality of losing them, and the ensuing pain. However, he also points out that the benefits of loving outweigh the detriment of loss.

This was a different Baldacci and an excellent book that I highly recommend. 

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