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An emotionally beautiful wartime novel, perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah

A secret, a sacrifice, and a scandal...

Summer 1939

When war breaks out, Sylvie is marooned with her cousin Nell's family in the Chiltern hills and cannot return to her Normandy home.

During the early days of rationing, blackouts, and the threat of bombers in the skies, Sylvie and Nell have to grow up quickly. Yet as the war rages around them, it's the competition and jealousy between the two that dominates their lives.

When the girls fall in love with the same man, their relationship is truly tested.

But the war pulls them all apart and changes the course of their lives – until their secrets are revealed, with devastating consequences.

A heartbreaking story of love and hope, secrets and lies. Perfect for fans of Kathryn Hughes and Leah Fleming.

'A beautifully written emotional, absorbing story about love, family, and secrets. I absolutely loved it' Siobhan Daiko

'I was engrossed in this beautiful, heartfelt story. Characters to care about and a plot that kept me turning the pages' Helen Parusel

©2023 Catherine Law (P)2023 Boldwood Books 20th Century Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance War
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The written version of this book has rave reviews on Amazon so I thought I’d give it a listen. Noting that it was likened to The Nightingale, which although was a really good listen, took a little while to get into, I assumed this audiobook was following a similar pattern. How wrong was I. After five very tedious hours, I was still trying to wade through an extremely dull storyline. When it eventually picked up pace the story was actually quite good however, as it neared the end I felt like even the author was bored and just threw everything into the last 20 mins. The ending was just bizarre with no clear resolution, so much so, I actually rewound the last couple of chapters because I thought I’d missed something. The only saving grace was the narration which was actually very good. I’ve taken one for the team people and would recommend saving yourself a credit and avoiding this one.

Extremely slow with weird ending

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