I went to see your body today.
They burnt you, Matthew.
But I couldn't bear to keep your ashes, so I buried them under the peach tree.
I miss you.
YOU ARE READING
Dear Matthew
Historical FictionAdeline Brown discovers that her husband, who has just been sent off to fight for the ANZACS in Gallipoli, has been killed in battle. She continues to write letters to him as she processes her grief and tries to live on without him as her house and...
31st May 1914
I went to see your body today.
They burnt you, Matthew.
But I couldn't bear to keep your ashes, so I buried them under the peach tree.
I miss you.
