A delightful tale of true love tinged with tragedy.
Long before the events related in A Valiant Heart and A Shattered Mind,Beginnings sees the start of Mike and Hannah’s relationship as teenagers. Mike is in his early days in the Army and their love must overcome the setbacks of separation as he begins deployments abroad.
Soon, the Falkland Islands conflict arises and Mike is sent to the South Atlantic. Here he experiences his first taste of the horrors of real combat and witnesses an event which lays the foundations of the mental trauma he faces at the end of his career.
On his return, blissfully in love, they marry.
But Life deals them a bitter-sweet card as Hannah faces the ultimate tragedy and, at the same time, perfect joy.