The summer before the war
(Book on CD)
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Random House., ©2016.
Edition
Unabridged edition.
Physical Desc
13 CDs (16 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Nipomo Library - Adult Book on CD - Adult Audiovisual
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Random House., ©2016.
Format
Book on CD
Edition
Unabridged edition.
Language
English
UPC
9781101888575
Notes
General Note
Compact discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by Fiona Hardingham.
Description
East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England's brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. Agatha's husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent saber rattling over the Balkans won't come to anything. When Beatrice Nash arrives with one trunk and several large crates of books, it is clear she is significantly more freethinking, and attractive, than anyone believes a Latin teacher should be. For her part, mourning the death of her beloved father, who has left her penniless, Beatrice simply wants to be left alone to pursue her teaching and writing. But just as Beatrice comes alive to the beauty of the Sussex landscape and the colorful characters who populate Rye, the perfect summer is about to end. For despite Agatha's reassurances, the unimaginable is coming.
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