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The Summer Before the War

Author: Helen Simonson
SKU: 9781408837665

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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 is coming – and soon the limits of progress, and the old ways, will be tested as this small town goes to war.

  • Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 592 pages

ISBN : 9781408837665

Published : 9 Mar 2017

Author : Helen Simonson

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Size : 130 x 198 x 38 (mm)

Weight : 404g

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