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The Summer Before the War

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Description for The Summer Before the War Paperback. .
It is late summer in East Sussex, 1914. Amidst the season's splendour, fiercely independent Beatrice Nash arrives in the coastal town of Rye to fill a teaching position at the local grammar school. There she is taken under the wing of formidable matriarch Agatha Kent, who, along with her charming nephews, tries her best to welcome Beatrice to a place that remains stubbornly resistant to the idea of female teachers. But just as Beatrice comes alive to the beauty of the Sussex landscape, and the colourful characters that populate Rye, the perfect summer is about to end. For the unimaginable ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408837665
SKU
V9781408837665
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Helen Simonson
Helen Simonson was born in Buckinghamshire and spent her teenage years in a small village near Rye in East Sussex. Her debut novel, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, was an international bestseller, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick, and was translated and published in twenty one countries. A graduate of the London School of Economics, Helen is married, with ... Read more

Reviews for The Summer Before the War
Radiant ... I found myself turning pages with increasing awe as well as pleasure. The provincial village of Rye, Sussex in the days just before and after the Great War is so vividly drawn it fairly vibrates - but it's the depth and sensitivity with which Simonson weighs the steep costs and delicate bonds of wartime - and not just ... Read more

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