The Very Thought Of You

“Melancholic, mysterious, and heartbreakingly gorgeous.”  - The Times (London)

England, 31st August 1939: The world is on the brink of war. As Hitler prepares to invade Poland, thousands of children are evacuated from London to escape the impending Blitz. Torn from her mother, eight-year-old Anna Sands is relocated with other children to a large Yorkshire estate that has been opened up to evacuees by Thomas and Elizabeth Ashton, an enigmatic, childless couple. 

Soon Anna gets drawn into their unravelling relationship, seeing things that are not meant for her eyes and finding herself part witness and part accomplice to a love affair with unforeseen consequences.

“Moving... A sincere attempt to depict the reverberations of war—chronicling fractured relationships and the inability to love in the right way.”  -  The Guardian (UK)

“An unmistakably extraordinary story... There are no predictable twists and turns here, only the realization that sometimes the purest love stories are the most memorable.”  -  Minneapolis Star-Tribune

A story of longing, loss, and complicated loyalties, combining a sweeping narrative with subtle psychological observation, The Very Thought of You is not just a love story but a story about love.