Name: The Evening Chorus
ISBN: 9780544348691

Helen Humphreys

The devastations of World War II impact a pilot struggling for survival in a German POW camp, his young war bride and his grieving sister. By the award-winning author of The Lost Garden. Original. 15,000 first printing.

The Evening Chorus

Shot down on his first RAF mission, James Hunter spends his war in a German prison camp. The other captive soldiers busy themselves planning their escapes, but James dedicates himself to a detailed study of the redstarts nesting just beyond the camp boundaries - a project that gives him something to live for and earns him an unusual ally in the Kommandant in charge of the camp. Rose, James's young wife, is spending her war in a cottage on the lip of Ashdown Forest in Sussex, with her dog Harris for company. She'd hardly known James before he went away and can barely engage with his letters, which talk of nothing but birds. Now she has fallen in love with someone else - Toby, a young pilot home on sick leave. They meet secretly at night. Then James's brusque sister Enid is bombed out of her flat in London and comes to live in Rose's tiny cottage. Little more than strangers, both women are guarded, and Rose tries to conceal her affair from Enid. But later both look back on this strange interlude as one of their happiest. Beautifully written and full of moments of hope, The Evening Chorus is a stirring story about love and the natural world, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.

Amy Buckle

This novel is a beautiful insight into four different lives struggling through the plight of World War II. The Evening Chorus follows four narratives – James, Rose, Enid and Toby – whose lives are intertwined and relationships complicated and irrevocably affected by the war. James is a prisoner of war while his wife Rose finds herself somewhat conflicted in how to feel about his absence... read the full review here: https://www.amybucklesbookshelf.co.uk...

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