In the Dark Second Languages Are Vitally Important

Second Languages Are Vitally Important to Diverse Groups of People

'There Was Music From My Neighbour's House Through the Summer Nights

Whose Son Biju Writes Untruthful Letters Home From New York City

for the Young Steven Bee

Each Chapter Now Ends With a Helpful Summary of Its Key Points

In the Dark Second Languages Are Vitally ImportantIn 1916, Pretty Young Eithne Clay Runs a Shabby Genteel South London Boarding House While Her Gentle, Dreamy Husband is Off at the War. Her 14 Year Old Son Ralph Dotes on His Mother, but Has Adolescent Thoughts He'd Rather Hide From Her. Winnie, the Young Maid, is a Homely, Goodhearted Country Girl, Rejected by Archie, the Cheeky Butcher's Boy Before He Too is Called Up. When the Dreaded Telegram Arrives at the House Things Turn From Difficult to