Following the Echoes
The Quest to Uncover a True Wartime Story of Love, Loss, and Legacy
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
After the death of their British-born Grandma Gladys in 2021, siblings Claudia and Lance took a sudden interest in the Canadian fiancé Gladys lost during World War II, Wendell “Del” Pierce Drew, a member of the elite RAF Pathfinder Force with Bomber Command who hailed from the tiny farming settlement of Radisson, Saskatchewan.
With little more than a couple of old photos and a few anecdotes to go on, the siblings set out to uncover Del’s story. In the process, they discovered a rich, multilayered history stretching from the Canadian prairie to London’s Notting Hill, to the shores of the North Sea and beyond, bringing to light many stories that had been previously obscured by the passage of time. The siblings also recount an incredible event in Gladys’s life when her grief over Del suddenly and dramatically resurfaced one day in 1993—forty-nine years after his death.
This is a story of love and loss but also one of legacy extending into the present, uniting families, friends, and fellow citizens through exploring the richness and tragedy in the lives of those who built Canada into a great nation, and how the Greatest Generation sacrificed to preserve it—lest we forget.