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The Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson
There are so many novels that focus on that last summer before the Great War, the glorious, idyllic summer of 1914. Helen Simonson sets her novel then as well, but the small town of Rye is already facing some shaking up in the form of the first female Latin teacher the school has had. That young woman, Beatrice Rush, has one foot in the world of the past and the other firmly in the future. Her scholar father left her with little and what little she has must be managed by a man, but she is striding into a world that will have more females in the classroom. She is anxious about succeeding in an environment that is new to women, but she's been taken under Agatha Kent's wing, and with her natural diplomacy, common sense and humor, Agatha is someone who makes things come out right for everyone.
But will she this time? The war is rattling their small city and ideas and philosophies are getting a good shaking up. What happens to each of the characters is fully believable and organic, and the war's psychological reverberations hit them hard. You will be fully engaged and satisfied with "The Summer Before the War."
But will she this time? The war is rattling their small city and ideas and philosophies are getting a good shaking up. What happens to each of the characters is fully believable and organic, and the war's psychological reverberations hit them hard. You will be fully engaged and satisfied with "The Summer Before the War."