Publisher's Synopsis
'Dear Kath, Love Ron' is a transcription of letters from Ron Spathaky to his wife Kath written between 1937 and 1946, mainly during his Army service. Ron writes about the good times, often in terms which he himself describes as 'Lawrencish', revealing their loving and passionate relationship. They had rough patches too, of course: rows during weekend leaves patched up by post; confessions of unfaithfulness by them both and the ensuing anguish. Through Ron's interest in the places he visited and the people he met, we're immersed in the heat of the Tunisian desert, the primitive houses of Italian villages, the boredom of a military hospital, the bleakness of Salisbury Plain, conversations with farmers in France, Belgium and Palestine, a kibbutz near Haifa, the tombs of the Pharaohs. All the while, his memories of the Sussex countryside sustain him while he is abroad.
