Tommy has his own private cross to bear, and remorse plagues him intensely, but what can a young lad do?Ĭredit to Linda de Quincey for not only giving her family what must be a treasured keepsake, but for also sharing one man’s story with the rest of us. He speaks of the football match in the trenches with joy and says the Germans were good lads.
Only occasionally will he allow a solitary tear to roll unchecked down his cheek. He grieves for his lost mates and aches for his wife, yet for the most part manages to bottle up his feelings. Tommy (Granddad) is a pint-sized hero with a huge heart and immeasurable love for his family.
I must admit I started reading Tommy’s Tunnel with no small degree of trepidation, but the tale of this diminutive little Geordie soon captured and enchanted me, and I came away from the book feeling strangely privileged, as if for some short measure of time I was actually part of the family.
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