A Marriage Built on Paper is the second volume of 10 years of love letters written by my parents before my birth and found after they died. Separated for months on end, their letters were the only way of maintaining a relationship through times of joy and grief. Sometimes gossipy, sometimes passionate, sometimes full of practicalities, always intense, this book follows the next stage of the young couple's fortunes in post Second World War Britain and pre-independence Sudan. They offer a glimpse of a world now gone, and an insight into preoccupations of that era. Despite the tragedies that befall them and their fundamental differences, these letters show their continuing devotion to each other. They bravely struggle to retain their optimism for the future, as they face the challenges of personal loss and the changes in the wider world.