Length5h 23m
About this audiobook
A wartime historical romance inspired by true events. In 1943, a young Marine officer falls in love with a civilian working for the Navy Department, only to be sent to war. After two years apart, they reunite, marry, and spend seven years hoping for a child. In 1952, he is called to Korea. Passing through Japan, he sends her a delicate vase adorned with lilies for her name and a rose, her favorite flower—a promise to hold them until he can bring her flowers himself. Soon after learning he will finally become a father, he is killed in Korea. Their daughter is born months later, never knowing him. Nearly seven decades later, the vase appears in an online auction. Inside, the buyer discovers a handwritten note that sparks a search for its original owner and uncovers a love story nearly lost to time.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction
Length5 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 20, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1UNTIL I CAN BRING YOU FLOWERS MYSELF
2A Novel: by Angel Cole
3Prologue: The Auction
4Part One: Lillie
5Chapter One: The Department of the Navy
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6Chapter Two: Lillie?
7Chapter Three: Administrative Pretexts
8Chapter Four: What Loving a Marine Costs
9Chapter Five: Orders
10Chapter Six: Without Asking
11Chapter Seven: The First Letters
12Chapter Eight: What Rationing Steals
13Part Two: Letters
14Chapter Nine: Growing Closer on Paper
15Chapter Ten: Houses We Haven’t Built Yet
16Chapter Eleven: The Long Middle
17Chapter Twelve: V-J Day
18Chapter Thirteen: Older by More Than Two Years
19Chapter Fourteen: I’m Not Voluntarily Losing Another Day
20Chapter Fifteen: Mrs. Lillie Mae Hale
21Part Three: Seven Years
22Chapter Sixteen: 1946: Names as a Joke
23Chapter Seventeen: 1947: The Joking Stops
24Chapter Eighteen: 1948: Another Shower
25Chapter Nineteen: Aunt Ruth’s Remedy
26Chapter Twenty: The Fight
27Chapter Twenty-One: Josephine’s Second
28Chapter Twenty-Two: A Different Kind of Trip
29Chapter Twenty-Three: The Promotion
30Chapter Twenty-Four: A Scare
31Chapter Twenty-Five: What Arthur’s Mother Said
32Chapter Twenty-Six: The Reupholstered Chair
33Chapter Twenty-Seven: Dr. Halloran’s Waiting Room, Revisited
34Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Good Ordinary Day
35Chapter Twenty-Nine: 1949: An Unstable Peace
36Chapter Thirty: June 25, 1950
37Chapter Thirty-One: Stateside
38Chapter Thirty-Two: 1951: Believing He Might Not Have To Go
39Chapter Thirty-Three: 1952: Seven Years Married
40Chapter Thirty-Four: The Orders Arrive
41Chapter Thirty-Five: The Last Night Home
42Part Four: A Child
43Chapter Thirty-Six: The Far East Pipeline
44Chapter Thirty-Seven: Missing
45Chapter Thirty-Eight: Confirmed
46Chapter Thirty-Nine: My Darling Arthur
47Chapter Forty: We’re Going to Have a Baby
48Chapter Forty-One: Kobe
49Chapter Forty-Two: Three Times
50Chapter Forty-Three: The Shop
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