Goodreads asked James Baddock:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

James Baddock When my dad died, I was going through his belongings when I found a box in the attic, containing memorabilia from his war service (he was in the RAF during WW2). Along with a photo album mostly taken in the Far East towards the end of the war (including several of him at Hiroshima in early 1946, which was the first time I ever knew he had even been there, because he had, perhaps understandably, never once mentioned it), I found some blank black and white postcards of the Pyrenees. As far as I knew, apart from his RAF service in the Far East, Dad had never been abroad, so, presumably, he had bought or swapped or been given them at some point. But why and who by? And why had he kept them in that box, wrapped up in a bundle, for all those years along with all the other items from that time that obviously meant a lot to him? Even though the explanation is probably pretty straightforward, I'd still give a lot to know the answer.

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