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A woman’s future is determined by fate and choice in a gripping WWII novel about danger, triumph, and second chances by the New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child.
London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’s world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go.
Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she’s never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war.
Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie’s life again. Her newfound courage will be put to the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.
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ISBN-10
1542028841
ISBN-13
978-1542028844
Print length
399 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Publication date
August 01, 2022
Dimensions
5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
Item weight
2.31 pounds
ASIN :
B09GF6MW2B
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5750 KB
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“Bowen is a master at winning reader empathy…” ―Historical Novels Review
About the Author
Rhys Bowen is the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels, including The Venice Sketchbook, Above the Bay of Angels, The Victory Garden, The Tuscan Child, and her World War II novel In Farleigh Field, the winner of the Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel and the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel. Bowen’s work has won twenty honors to date, including multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. Her books have been translated into many languages, and she has fans around the world, including an online following of over two hundred thousand fans worldwide. A transplanted Brit, Bowen divides her time between California and Arizona. To learn more about the author, visit www.rhysbowen.com.
Rhys Bowen
Rhys Bowen is the New York Times bestselling author of two historical mystery series as well as several internationally bestselling historical novels, two of which were nominated for Edgar Award
Rhys was born in Bath, England and educated at London University but now divides her time between California and Arizona. Her books have been nominated for every major mystery award and she has won twenty of them to date, including five Agathas.
She currently writes two historical mystery series, each very different in tone. The Molly Murphy mysteries feature an Irish immigrant woman in turn-of-the-century New York City. These books are multi-layered, complex stories with a strong sense of time and place and have won many awards including Agatha and Anthony. There are 19 books so far in this series plus three Kindle stories, Rhys’s daughter, Clare Broyles, now cowrites the series with her
Then there is Lady Georgie, She's 35th in line to the throne of England, but she's flat broke and struggling to survive in the Great Depression. These books are lighter and funnier than Molly's adventures. They poke gentle fun at the British class system--about which Rhys knows a lot, having married into an upper class family rather like Georgie's.
As a child Rhys spent time with relatives in Wales. Those childhood experiences colored her first mystery series, about Constable Evans in the mountains of Snowdonia.
Her books have been translated into over 30 languages
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Customer reviews
4.5 out of 5
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CathyAnn
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Another Rhys Bowen classic
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2024
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As a follower of Me Bowens Her Royal Spyness series, I have come to admire her stand alone novels as well. This is a very well written and a page turner. Thanks again for a very good read
Kindle Customer claudia
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Where the Sky Begins
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2024
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This is the best novel I've read in a long time. It's World War II in England. This is about relationships and friendship, fighter planes and bombers, bombed out houses and streets and pristine snow that goes on forever, sandy beaches and vegetable gardens, air raid sirens and quiet country life; it's about hope and faith and hopelessness and despair, it's about betrayal and loss and love and new beginnings. It's an amazing story. It deserves 10 stars. I am going to read this one again. Thank you, Rhys Bowen.
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Erin Hayden
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Beautiful story
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2024
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This book had me captivated from the first page. Set in England during WW2 it explores the experiences of a woman whose life has never been easy and is getting worse by the day. Rhys Bowen has such a gift for bringing her characters to life. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the array of characters you meet through the pages. It is based on community, resilience, kindness and hope. I will keep this book forever and will definitely read it again someday to relive the beautiful story. Like rewatching a favorite movie.
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