An elegant and compelling tale, it flits between war-haunted Oxford to the bright new era of the 1960s. 'A wonderful tale of female friendship...' }Mail On Sunday Freya Wyley meets Nancy Holdaway amid the wild celebrations of VE Day, the prelude to a devoted and competitive friendship…Freya, ambitious and outspoken, pursues a career on Fleet Street while Nancy, less self-confident, struggles to get her first novel published.